Walking in winter – at last
Grabbing the chance to have a mud-free walk while the weather is freezing
Roughing It
That's me, taking a stroll in the high Pyrenees One of the advantages of being effectively housebound for eight, nine, ten months (I’m losing count, but it’s been a long…
Hiking in the Balkans
Back from a tough assignment, a week-long hike along sections of the Via Dinarica in Croatiaand Bosnia. This was a guided hike. Having never visited the region, we feared the…
Holidays in May? Check the weather. (Memories of a Pyrenean hike)
We’re about to take off for a two-week trip to Croatia and Bosnia. We start with a couple of days’ travel on trains and boats (Durham, London, Paris, overnight to…