Bits of GTA (Grande Traversata delle Alpi) and AV2 (Alta Via 2)+ Col de Nivolet

 

Briançon and Tour d'Ecrins

 

TransAlps 6 - Bye bye Gunvald and Thorhildur

 

Cape Wrath part 4 – Shiel Bridge to Glenfinnan

 

 

Good weather and a week off, what else could we do, last minute, to make the most of it? We packed the tent, food for 3 days, a few clothes, and off we went to tackle one of the most boggiest sections of the trail (I lost count of how many times I said “thank goodness it hasn't rained in a while). To help with the logistic we decided to go North to South. Being the salmons worked great as there were more people around than we thought, and as Paul said, it's better to walk towards the food than away from it!

Epic May ride day

We so happened to have train tickets with bikes to Inverness, and accommodation at the Inverness Youth Hostel (which is by far the best we have been in Scotland!). The original plan A was to do a long cycle in the North as we had a full week off, but then we needed to be back on Monday, so the original plan 2 was to cycle all the way to Edinburgh in 1 day and finally nail the 300k, but then the weather was supposed to be good, so I though, what if we have a 2 day cycle instead, and so the plan changed to a massive 170km day cycle on Saturday, from Inverness to Kinloch Rannoch, and then cycle back home (neither thought that if we did survive day 1 we would cycle all the way home...), and so it all unfolded.

Easter hiking in Kintail

There are trips that, even if short, fill your heart with wander, peace and beauty. 

As it happens every year in spring, the West Coast was calling and we had to go. This time we went for a different model. Given the uncertainty of the weather, and the amount of stuff that I need for camping comfortably, we rented a van (we called him Shoupy) and instead of a long distance hike we based ourselves in the campsite in Morvich and from there we would go on day hikes. This turned out to be a great idea. The van was our kitchen, lounge, changing room, store room and reading room, and without it we wouldn't have enjoyed it so much. Still, every day we would meet those on the Cape Wrath trail who stopped there for a night, and I felt so jealous. It feels like an unfinished business and my guts say one day we will be back, for the whole of it?

Malaga spring break 2025

22 March 2025 

Not much narrative for this trip as it was mostly a holiday to go and get some sunshine. The first couple of days were actually cold and rainy, but given it was like that for 3 weeks prior our arrival we shouldn't really complaint... Given the recent protests against tourists we decided to base ourselves in the tourist ghetto of Torremolinos, at least the beach was long and we got our afternoon barefoot walk almost everyday.