Category: Guides
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How to ensure your Huawei device does not shut down HiiKER
Android devices are tricky! Not all manufacturers fit a unified model of how to manage applications. This becomes even more tricky when you need the app to continue running in the background while you’re out in the wilderness, soaking up nature and snapping those incredible vistas. As a small team, we’ve done pretty well to…
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Derryveagh Mountains, Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Short Trails, Weekend Inspiration, Wild
The Best Walks in the Derryveagh Mountains
I’ve traversed many a mountain-strand, Abroad and in my native land, And it has been my lot to tread Where safety more than pleasure led; Thus, many a waste I’ve wander’d o’er, Clombe many a crag, cross’d many a moor, But, by my halidome, A scene so rude, so wild as this. Yet so…
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Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, Mayo, Short Trails, Trail, Weekend Inspiration, Wild
The Best Hikes in Mayo
“I confess I find such a place not lonely or depressing but inspiriting. You are thrown at the same time back upon yourself and forward against the mystery and majesty of nature and you may feel dimly something of your own littleness and your own greatness; for surely man is as great as he is…
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Connemara, Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Short Trails, Trail, Weekend Inspiration, Wild
The Finest Walks in Connemara
The Bank has no fortune of mine to invest But there’s money enough for the ones I love best; All the gold that I want I shall find on the whins When I’m in Connemara among the Twelve Pins. William Percy French The N59 from Galway to Clifden always fills me with expectancy and…
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Bio, Europe, Guides, Hiking, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, Scotland, scotland, Thru-hike, Trail, uk, United Kingdom, Wild
Trials and Trails of a Diabetic Hiker
As a Type 1 diabetic that loves long-distance walking, I thought I’d share some musings on a few things I’ve found helpful to consider before hopping over the garden fence and heading for the hills. Last year, I completed the End to End Trail in true thru-hiking fashion by wild camping 2000 KM from the…
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Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Short Trails, Trail, Weekend Inspiration, Wild
The Best Walks in the Galtee Mountains
Heading westward along the quiet country road at Glebe leads you deeper into the idyllic Glen of Aherlow, where echoes of history resonate with names like Geoffrey Keating, Eamonn a’Chnoic, Galloping Hogan, St Berrihert and St Pecaun. To the north of the Glen, the River Aherlow twists and turns, just like the ridge of mountains…
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Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Short Trails, Trail, Weekend Inspiration, Wicklow, Wild
Lugnaquilla – Four Hiking Routes To The Top
Still south I went and west and south again, Through Wicklow from the morning till the night, And far from cities, and the sights of men, Lived with the sunshine, and the moon’s delight. John Millington Synge The summit of Lugnaquilla (Log na Coille, ‘hollow of the wood’), or Lug as it is…
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Europe, Feature, Guides, Hiking, History, Ireland, List, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, mourne mountains, Short Trails, Trail, uk, Uncategorized, Weekend Inspiration
The Best Walks in the Mourne Mountains
But for all that I found there I might as well be Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea. -William Percy French The Mourne mountains, the jewels of County Down that ‘sweep down to the sea’ hugs the Irish coastline in a compact region designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural…
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Slieve Donard: Four of the Best Hiking Trails
The highest mountain in the Mournes, and indeed all of Northern Ireland, is Slieve Donard (850m/2,789 feet). In ancient times, the mountain was known as Sliabh Slainge, named after Slanga, a Partholan prince of Grecian roots who came to these shores after the battle of Troy. Its summit cairn came to be known as ‘Slainges…
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Peak-Bagging in the Snowdonia National Park
Home of the most popular mountain in the UK, Snowdonia National Park is world-famous for its breath-taking views and its highest peak, sure to be top of any hiker’s bagging list, Mount Snowdon at 1,085 metres. No peak-bagging in Snowdonia list would be complete without this Welsh star, but there are 240 other mountains, fells,…
