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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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…