Hiking in Valle d'Aosta - July 2023

 

This will be remembered as one of the best hiking trips we did. I don't even know why is not more popular (I hope it will never be...), as the abundance of wildlife and stunning places should place it high up together with the TMB and Dolomites. The route is given in 14 days, but we couldn't be bothered to sleep in Rifugi and add the volume of the sleeping bag to the rucksack so we planned it in 5 (ending in Cogne), with a day off in the middle. It's definitely doable but you need to get good weather and early July was probably too early (we did get the random patches of snow and had to miss a day for ice). We used running shoes and we were happy with the choice.

 https://www.lovevda.it/en/sport/trekking/alte-vie-trails/alta_via_2

Ride to the Sun - 24 Jun 23

 

I have always wanted to cycle at night in open countryside but I was always too scared. As soon as I heard of this ride, I was in and have no regrets at all! Not sure I'll do it again, as you end up wasting 2 days for just a ride, but sure it's something all cyclists have to do once in their lifetime.

https://www.ridetothesun.co.uk/

The Wolf's Lair - May 2023

 

We normally spend a week cycling in the Highlands in May, but in between the train strikes and the temperamental weather, I threw the idea of going to sunny Italy and give the Wolf's Lair bikepacking route in the Abbruzzo region a go. 

Asturias 2023

 

C2C Easter cycle 2023 (Girvan to Alnmouth)

 

Lanzarote 2023

 

 

After a long winter it was time to heat up our bones, and we couldn't have chosen a better week...every day since we left we kept getting yellow warning alerts of ice and snow in Edinburgh, never a better timing!

Algarve cycle trip 2022

At the end of the Badger Divide, we decided that next cycling trip would be an easy one, of the enjoyable kind: flat, rental bikes and hot, to stock warm sunshine in view of the long winter. Portugal seemed to tick all the boxes so we bought flights to Faro, thinking it would be a walk in the park. Truth is, it was not a walk in the park. Portugal is not ready for the cycling revolution. Still, altogether, we had a great time and definitely bagged a lot of memories and good laugh!