From Macro to Micro… There are few places on earth that have the power to make you feel like you are on another planet. A mere 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, among…
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For The Love of the Trail… A journey begins with a single step, so the ancient mantra goes. After yesterday’s wonderful walk to Ammarnäs we were in great spirits. Whether it was in part…
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Feeling On Top Of The World… Literally! 61 kilometres into our Kungsleden journey and about to embark on ‘Day 4’, we were thrilled to wake up to blue skies and sunshine at last! Good weather…
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What A Difference A Day Makes… After an exceedingly wet start, we were by now dubious as to what the Kungsleden would bring. Had we made the right decision choosing to start our hike…
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Taking Time Off The Trail To Experience A Truly Swedish Phenomenon… We never envisaged that on the second day of our journey on the Kungsleden trail, we’d be bailing out early to sit naked…
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Heading North For A New Adventure… Traversing some of the least frequently visited regions in Scandinavia, the Kungsleden or King’s Trail is a 270 mile/ 440 km long distance trail in northern Sweden that…
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Returning to the Brecon Beacons National Park… Having been forced to abandon our Beacons Way thru-hike earlier this year due to extreme weather conditions across southern England and Wales, we were left feeling rather…
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Walking the Wainwrights… It’s been our favourite hike in the Lake District to date! We decided on embarking on a 12 mile circular route from Wasdale Head, the remote and picturesque valley on the far western…
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A Circular Hike From Wasdale… A ‘Bank Holiday’ weekend in England is usually synonymous with rain. Remarkably however, this Bank Holiday weekend was our first successful camping trip of 2016! Intent on sticking to…
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Taking A Mini Road Trip Around Classic England… After severe weather put paid to our plans of hiking the Beacons Way in Wales during the Easter holidays, ‘The Cotswolds’ became the focus for the…
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Fast-Track To The Finish… Time for celebrations! Rather than feeling a little melancholic that it was all over, this time we were all smiles as another long distance hike came to an end. Yes,…
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Simply No Alternative! It was our penultimate day on the trail. We could almost taste victory and that celebratory glass of Corsican wine with our name on it in Calenzana! However we still had…
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A Little Respite Off-Route… With our main objective being to fit all 16 stages of the GR20 into 12 days – we made the most of the Cirque de la Solitude being closed and…
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Striding Out! Although it might not look it from our photographs, today was actually one of the least demanding days on the GR20, allowing us to make good progress towards our end goal –…
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Fleeing The Storm… It was with a wave of apprehension that we took to the trail today. Yesterday’s storm had continued to rage around us throughout the night, and could still be seen on…
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Taking The High Route! A week on the trail and we already felt much fitter and stronger – both in body and spirit. If there’s one thing the GR20 had taught us, it was…