Category: Trekking
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Tides, Trails, and the Eden Project: A Journey from Falmouth to Plymouth Along the South West Coast Path
Falmouth to Treworthal – A Journey Begins Saturday, May 4th, marked the beginning of the next section of our exploration of a bit more of the south west coast path. An early morning start with the alarm jolting me awake at 4:30 a.m. I made it to the 5:30 train from Bristol, a quiet ride…
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Hiking some of the Salzburger Almenweg
It felt like the start of an adventure sat in the Eurostar lounge waiting to board the first train out of London to Paris and on to Munich with our bags packed with the plan for doing a section of the Salzburger Almenweg and some sightseeing on the way to and from Austria. After zooming…
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Winter Backpacking Trip along the Cumbrian Way
A great trail across the Lake District. Swapping the more normal fastpacking kit for plenty of warm clothes and a tent as we followed the Cumbria Way signs. Each day as we headed north we got to experience the changes to the landscapes across the Lake District through fields and on into the fells and…
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Langtang, Helambu and Gosainkund Trek in Nepal
“Memories are the treasures that we keep locked deep within the storehouse of our souls, to keep our hearts warm when we are lonely.” Becky Aligada After all our preparation we stepped out of the land cruiser at Syabru Bensi and with our guide and porter we headed towards the Langtang valley. After a year…
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Packing and travelling light, the kit list I still use
‘Where is started for me’ As I was preparing my presentation for a work conference in the USA and then putting my thoughts to what I needed to pack for my trip a work colleague suggested that as I was changing flights, just taking hand luggage would improve my chances of all my luggage arriving…