Switzerland...aaaah....perfectly pointy mountains, pristine houses and gardens, trains running like clockwork, efficiently signposted walking paths, cute little marmots peeking out of flower filled alpine meadows, everything neat and tidy. Just what I expected and...

My smallest Ramblers group ever, just 7 plus me, but what a laugh we all had, exploring Iceland. It was a fine, full programme and, in no particular order, we saw: Waterfalls We started small (it’s all relative) seeing Laxfoss and Glanni on a first walk from Bifrost....

2 great weeks, lots of sunshine and smiley people. I’ve combined the weeks for this story of walks and highlights. Many thanks to all for the fabulous pictures, there are so many, I can’t credit them all, so a big thank you and here goes, in no particular order. The...

A glorious 2 week tour with Ramblers called Bohemian Rhapsody: a couple of days in Prague, 8 days hiking the 112km Malerweg finishing off with a couple of days in Dresden. A lovely group of warm hearted people, always happy to strike some ridiculous pose when their...

July 2016, two weeks of stunning mountains with Ramblers in the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Each day we walked in two groups, 15 to 25km distance, 600 - 1400m ascent. and, usually, what goes up must come down. Also, usually, the D+ walks were steepish with the odd...

A remote trek way up in the Arctic Circle in early July 2015.  Went on a 10 day wander with my good friend Andi, and what a fine time we had. The 18 hour journey north on the Arctic Circle train from Stockholm to Abisko was our first taste of things to come.  Hours...