Defining Degrees Of Difficulty… With regards to the level of ‘difficulty’ of a trail – ‘difficult’ can take many forms and be the difference between an experience of a lifetime or a disaster for different…
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Tackling The Lost Mountain… As the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees, ranking only below Pico de Aneto (3,404m) and Posets (3,371m), Monte Perdido at 3,355 metres stands as the highest summit in the…
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The Hardest Mile… Usually after the first week on any thru-hike we have our camp routines well refined and feel completely trail fit to tackle whatever we’re presented with along the way. Today however put…
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Mountain Highs… Bordering on the French Midi-Pyrenees, in the District of Aragon in the north of Spain, is one of the most unusual and spectacular mountain cliffs in Europe and one of the largest…
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Bagging A Zero Day! A ‘Zero Day’ is literally a day in which you do no hiking, hence you cover zero miles and make no progress towards your end goal. It can be an…
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Marvelling At Magnificent Mountain Lakes… One of the striking features of the GR11 is the amount of reservoirs, lakes and tarns you pass along the trail. From the calm, crystal clear Ibons d’ Anayet…
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A Chance At Night Landscape Photography… Camping under the stars literally every night has made us all the more appreciative and eager to capture the beauty of the night sky. So with our current…
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Lasting Impressions… Writing this trail report in the cold, fading light of autumn, some 8 weeks or so after our return to the UK, I smile wistfully at the summer adventure we enjoyed in the…
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The Best of the GR11? Instantly finding ourselves immersed in majestic mountain scenery, we were feeling wonderfully justified in our decision to begin our hike from Canfranc. Only having the time to cover just…
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Heading Into The Sunshine For Our Summer 2017 Thru-Hike… Having spent the majority of last summer in the colder, Arctic north, this year we decided that we fancied walking somewhere a little closer to…
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A Wild Camping Weekend in The Lakes (That Went To Plan!) So we found ourselves with a free weekend early August and the weather forecast for the northwest of England was remarkably good (quite…
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Walking the Wainwrights… Another 19 In The Bag! So we might not have completed all 50 – severe weather conditions once again the reason for us conceding and coming down off the fells (foresight, common…
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Reaching The Finish… We made it! After 20 nights in the wild on Sweden’s premier long distance trail, walking approximately 270 miles (430km) between the country’s highest peaks and most dramatic landscapes in the…
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Our Penultimate Day on the Trail… Feeling lucky that the cloud finally lifted to allow us chance to admire some of the stunning north. The final section of the Kungsleden is characterised by high…
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The Wonders of Wild Camping… The freedom to camp wild is one of the great joys of an outdoor holiday in Sweden. Wild camping – Allemansrätten, or “Every Man’s Right”, is an important part…
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The Kebnekaise Loop… It’s claimed that you can see ten percent of Sweden from the top of Kebnekaise! Situated in the far north of Swedish Lapland, Kebnekaise – meaning ‘Kettle Top’ in Lappish, is the highest…