Wet Weather Gear Is A Must! In northern Sweden the summer hiking season is typically late June until late September, when the STF mountain huts along the Kungsleden trail are open and manned. Each…
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Unexpected Treats & The Trail Angel Phenomenon! If you’re not familiar with the term, ‘trail angels’ are the people out on the trail who take pride in helping others. Sometimes when you’re feeling down…
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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…
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The Mountains Are Calling… After less than a week on the GR20, we had successfully reached the halfway stage, making it to Vizzavona in just 5 days. On Day 1 we had not envisaged…
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Meeting A Milestone! Day 5 on the GR20 wasn’t particularly tough, it was just incredibly long, as we embarked on another double stage to meet the demands of our tight schedule. It wasn’t the…
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Cautious Optimism… Today we were facing our 4th stage of the ‘GR20’ trail. Yes, we had made it to Day 4 without injury or incident despite our fear of dizzying drop-offs and our concerns…
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Facing Our First Double Stage! It was Day 3 on the GR20 and we didn’t really know what was in store for us today… Choosing once again to take the ‘lower’ route option despite…
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There’s A First For Everything! Well, after really emphasising in our first trail report how difficult a trek the GR20 is across Corsica, particularly in August at the height of summer, you’ll be pleased…
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The Start Of A New Hiking Adventure! Crowned as the toughest long distance hike in Europe, the ‘GR20’ route at approximately 180 kilometres, is a long distance trail that traverses Corsica diagonally from north…
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The End Is In Sight… Taking about a week to complete, Scotland’s West Highland Way is short compared to England’s toughest long distance hike ‘The Pennine Way’ (about 3 weeks) and England’s most popular…
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Rugged Scotland At Its Best… In our opinion, the West Highland Way gets better over the length of the trail, and today was arguably the most scenic day so far as the ‘beinns’ got…