The Colours of the Black Forest
“So, is it black?” Our neighbour wasn’t the first person to ask the question after hearing I’d just spent two weeks walking through Germany’s immense Black Forest. […]
“So, is it black?” Our neighbour wasn’t the first person to ask the question after hearing I’d just spent two weeks walking through Germany’s immense Black Forest. […]
There’s a thing about some people who like to go off the beaten track. Things they ‘discover’ themselves can often have more value than those in a guidebook. […]
The word was an area around Telfs had been cordoned off, with roads and paths patrolled by police. The area was certainly teeming with men in uniforms. […]
When we put together our plans for walking across Gran Canaria (again) we thought we’d accounted for most things. There was one major obstacle we’d overlooked. […]
Korcula is a typically beautiful Croatian island known for its vineyards and as being the birthplace of one of the greatest travellers ever, Marco Polo. […]
As we were staying in Llanars, a pleasantly easy Pyrenees walk was the obvious one from Llanars to nearby ‘pretty as a picture’ Camprodon… […]
There are two things we discover quickly after setting off on a walk from the shores of Lake Garda on a serene Sunday morning… […]
It’s been a year of outstanding meals thankfully the effects of which have been countered by some equally outstanding hikes, many of which have taken our breaths away… […]
Setcases is biscuit tin pretty; a small village of stone houses with a quasi Alpine appearance. It sits nestled into a valley, surrounded by woodland and… […]
This is the Canarian Island of La Gomera and we’re in the middle of bruma (low cloud) high up a cliff. The mist obscures the summit; a fact I’m glad about… […]
Austria, you’re an intriguing country for exploring on foot; positively schizophrenic in nature – a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of a location. […]
We break free from the tree line at a small malga (farmstead) where the pine curtains are pulled back to reveal a glorious landscape of soft valleys and serrated… […]
Mud plaster walls add to the feeling that this is more akin to walking in the Atlas Mountains than walking on the Spanish, Canary Island of Fuerteventura. […]
Where La Gomera beats some of the bigger, and better known islands is that often you can stroll out of your quaint and quirky rural hotel and straight on to the trail. […]
Having negotiated plunging ravines in Gran Canaria and La Gomera and tackled the Pyrenees over the course of the year, walking in Provence was like enjoying a light dessert… […]
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