Committed Wales fans have driven hours through the Swiss Alps to watch their team train ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
The Welsh team's training camp in the sleepy mountain town of Fiesch is well under way, with Warren Gatland's squad being put through their paces at high altitude since arriving in Switzerland on Monday night.
They have returned to Fiesch - a town of around 1,000 people less than 10 miles from the Italian border - after first coming here in 2019, in a bid to bolster their cardiovascular fitness ahead of what is sure to be a testing campaign in France later this year.
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Around 60 members of the playing and coaching staff are in Switzerland after a monumental logistical effort, but on Saturday they were joined by a handful of Wales fans who each made long journeys to come to see their heroes in action.
As the squad trained on a small pitch usually used by the local football team, they were cheered on by special guests from across Switzerland, with a few of them sporting Welsh jerseys.
One of the fans who made the journey was Gareth Davies. Born and raised in Llanelli, he moved to a town just outside Zurich in 2006, but has kept following Welsh rugby from afar.
Having come down four years ago to watch the squad in action, he has again made the two-and-a-half-hour journey to Fiesch, bringing his family including daughter Poppy, who wore her Scarlets shirt especially for the occasion.
"It's great for the kids to see because obviously they aren't surrounded by rugby growing up in Switzerland - it's more handball and skiing here," he said. "Players have been coming over and saying hi and taking photos with them. It's a really rare opportunity to see them up close like this and it's been a fantastic experience for us.
"It's a beautiful drive down here, it's an amazing part of the world. And it's fascinating the way they are doing the training, what with them coming up and down the mountain. It's nice and relaxed and you've got the access here that you would never have if it was the England football team or something like that."
While he couldn't get hold of tickets for this autumn's showpiece, Gareth will be cheering on Wales from Switzerland, albeit in the company of rival fans.
"We also try and watch it on TV with the expat community," he said. "If there's a Six Nations or World Cup game on, the British pub in town will be full of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa fans.
"It's a tough group for Wales to get out of but I think they've almost got nothing to lose off the back of last season."
It wasn't just Welsh expats who came down for the morning session, however, with Swiss fans also venturing over to Fiesch to watch Gatland's squad train.
Brother and sister Colin and Larissa Schluechter were among them. Having picked up the rugby bug from their uncle and come to Wales' last Swiss training camp four years ago, they again made a nearly three-hour drive from Bern to see them train on Saturday morning.
And that's not all, as they are also on their way to France later this year where they will be cheering on Wales in their clash against Australia.
"We love to watch rugby, it's very exciting and I like how important fair play is in the game," said Larissa. "Being from Switzerland, we don't have much opportunity to go and watch matches, so we took our chance to come down for the training today.
"I've really enjoyed seeing them play, it looked like hard work. And they seem so big in real life!"
"For me, rugby is a great sport," added Colin. "But as my sister said, we don't have much chance to watch it. We'll be at the World Cup for four matches, including Wales v Australia and England v Argentina.
"I'm really excited. I've already got my Wales shirt ready!"
