To Row Or Not To Row? If you’ve been following along with our journey so far, you will know that in just a week on the trail we’ve already had a fair amount of…
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Only Your Feet Know The True Mileage! What happens when a sign reads one thing but your map tells you another? You hope for the shortest distance to be true! On long distance hikes,…
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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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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…
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Beating The Crowds On The Westland Highway! Today was as busy as ever on the West Highland Way. Wayne has taken to calling it the ‘Westland Highway’ because of the sheer volume of people…
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Stepping on the Trail & Stepping Back In Time… Not only does the West Highland Way give you access to wander the wild and wonderful highlands of Scotland, but this beautiful and inspiring region…
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Too Hot To Handle! Us ‘English’ folk are never ones to complain, but it really has been a hot one today in ‘The Lakes’! I crave for sunshine and love nothing more than a…
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In Love With The Lakes… What a glorious morning to wake up in ‘The Lakes’! Not even the midges could put a dampener on things. Although we were feeling quite famished so a full…
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In The Footsteps Of Wainwright… After already walking 276 miles through northern England, we thought why stop? Not wanting to disrupt our walking routine too much, we were both prepared and eager to embark…