Bavaria
Finding my smile in Ramsau, Bavaria
I wasn’t feeling the Bavarian love. The scenery might have been inspirational but not for me as it had kept its curves concealed under a blanket of cloud. […]
Hiking
Europe
La Palma after the forest fires
The news was devastating. La Palma was on fire. Images on social media showed a wall of flames lighting up the night sky. It looked like the whole island was burning. […]
Hiking
An uphill struggle, deciphering walking route grades
Over the years, as we’ve seen how different countries and various walking companies grade walking routes, we’ve come to realise there can be a canyon-wide gap between methods used… […]
Bavaria
History and Nature Collide at The Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden
Hitler presented this face of beauty and tranquillity to his diplomatic visitors in a venue as spectacularly picturesque as the plans that were being hatched beneath its façade, were grotesque. […]
Hiking
Ten tips for enjoying a hassle-free hiking holiday
We also help put together walking holidays around Europe for slow travel specialists Inntravel. These often involve day after day of exploring trails in specific destinations… […]
Bavaria
A tale of two beautiful Bavarian lakes, Königssee and Obersee
The hills are alive with the sound of music. No, really, they are. A crisp, clear, haunting melody wafts down from on high to serenade us before it fades away into an early morning mist […]
El Hierro
A weekend on El Hierro part 2
The road from Las Playas passes one of our favourite sculptures in the Canary Islands, a lothario looking out to sea. Usually it’s women searching the horizon for the return of loved ones. Not on El Hierro. […]
El Hierro
A weekend on El Hierro part 1
Within an hour of taking off we’re driving along El Hierro’s quiet roads to our first stop at Pozo de la Salud on the western end of the El Golfo Valley. […]
Europe
Walking on La Gomera, to the Valle Gran Rey waterfall
We’d visited Valle Gran Rey on La Gomera many times over the years and had never seen a waterfall. […]
Europe
Treading on Canaries, A Walker’s Guide to the Canary Islands
Easy to get to, safe and familiar, with year-round walking weather and routes that vary from easy peasy to tough as nails, the Canary Islands offer some of the best walking in Europe… […]
As we walked out
Coasting along in Saint Florent in Corsica
The distraction from the march or die conditions was the coastal path from Lotu Beach back to Saint Florent fell into the ‘stop every few hundred yards and exclaim WOW’ category […]
Europe
24 Hours in Segovia
Unsurprisingly Segovia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The entrance to the old town is located to one side of an astounding and beautiful feat of engineering, a Roman aquaduct dating from 50BC […]
Corsica
The Corsican Way
There’s a poster on the wall in the bar. It’s a picture of a handgun and we’re looking straight down the barrel. The space around the gun is peppered with bullet holes. The text simply […]
As we walked out
As We Walked Out From Cruz de Tejeda to the Cave Village of Artenara
There’s an early morning energy to Cruz de Tejeda which is unusual for a rural setting, a buzz of activity that could, if you slip your imagination into gear, easily be a Wild West outpost waking up. Cruz de Tejeda, a cross at a crossroads on the geographical centre of Gran Canaria. […]
Gran Canaria
Finding the Right Path, Google Maps V Conventional Maps
“In a race to get across countryside from A to B I bet using a conventional map I could beat someone using Google Maps.” […]