NORWAY | Wednesday, 22 Jun 2011 | Views [975]
My ticket directed me to the "family car" of the train to Bergen
where I was the only passenger. I was a bit worried that I'd caught the
wrong train until the ticket collector came through and put my mind at
rest! There had been a fire ... Read more >
Tags: bergen, fjord, glacier, hiking, mt floyden
MOROCCO | Sunday, 17 Oct 2010 | Views [667]
We had an early start (one of many) to catch a minivan out
to the start of our bike ride into the mountains. The first leg was the worst
(well it felt like it) with a massively long hill, but I was surprised at how I
was able to keep going ... Read more >
Tags: atlas mountains, berber villages, hiking, imane valley, imlil, mountain biking
SPAIN | Tuesday, 5 Oct 2010 | Views [3032]
As the weather was meant to pack it in later in the week I
decided to head out to see the Santa Maria de Montserrat
monastery while the sun was still around. Once again my nerdy research made the trip a
lot easier, as I managed to catch the metro ... Read more >
Tags: black madonna statue, hiking, monastery, montserrat, sant jeroni
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 2 May 2010 | Views [556]
A bank holiday of four glorious days off could not be wasted so I booked a flight to Newcastle & met Sally, a friend from vet school who was prepared to show me the sights in the Lakes District in Cumbria. After a much needed lunch of a scrummy ... Read more >
Tags: hadrians wall, hiking, lakes district, scafell pike, tramping
