Toulouse took me by surprise. As someone who’s not so fussed on city breaks these days, I didn’t expect to like France’s fourth-largest city as much as I did. So […]
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Pentland Hills Regional Park: Turnhouse Hill, Carnethy Hill and Scald Law in Winter
We tend to go into hibernation on the hiking front over the winter months, for a variety of reasons: the (often) inclement weather, the limited daylight hours, not owning the […]
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Fife Coastal Path: St. Monans to Pittenweem
Six weeks of school holidays were almost up. On the very last day, we ventured across to Fife. The plan? A trip to Bowhouse, on the outskirts of St. Monans, […]
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Cairngorms National Park: Tolmount and Tom Buidhe
There are a small number of Munros to the south-east of Braemar that, for reasons which I can no longer recall, we didn’t include on our extensive Munro-bagging trip to […]
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Pico do Cedro, Madeira
We couldn’t resist the chance of catching another sunrise from the summit of Pico do Areeiro. As we had already done the classic Pico to Pico (aka PR1: Pico do […]
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Scotland in Miniature: 5 Days on the Isle of Arran
The Isle of Arran is often referred to as “Scotland in Miniature”, and for good reason. The Highland Boundary Fault runs right through the middle of it, splitting the island […]
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Pico Grande, Madeira
Of all the hikes we did in Madeira, Pico Grande was possibly my favourite. It’s widely regarded as one of the island’s most challenging trails, but provided you give yourself […]
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PR11 and PR10, Madeira: Vereda dos Balcões and Levada do Furadoa
While the UK went to the polls (thank goodness for postal votes), we headed off on another hike. Buses to Ribeiro Frio aren’t all that frequent, so we left the […]
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Levada dos Tornos: Monte to Camacha
We chose Levada dos Tornos for our first levada walk: it was straightforward to get to and from, scenic and peaceful, and our Cicerone guidebook indicated there were a couple […]
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Munching Our Way Around Funchal, Madeira
While there’s no shortage of picturesque towns and villages that you could stay in on Madeira, if you want easy access to the island’s many hiking trails Funchal is (in […]
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