Category: Weekend Inspiration
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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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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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Europe, Hiking, Lake District, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, Thru-hike, Trail, uk, United Kingdom, Weekend Inspiration
A complete guide to The Cumbria Way
Breath-taking low-level Lake District walking at its finest. The Cumbria Way is one for anyone looking for a low-level thru-hike or hikers new to long-distance hiking pining for an adventure at the foot of the fells. It’s certainly on my list! Starting in the historic town of Ulverston near Morecombe Bay, the 74-mile point to…
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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,…
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Cornwall, Europe, Guides, Hiking, List, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, Short Trails, Thru-hike, Trail, uk, United Kingdom, Weekend Inspiration
The Best Walks in Cornwall
There is something uniquely wild and alluring about Cornwall. Maybe it’s the sunshine and sea views, the secluded beaches and bays; the quaint villages and quintessential towns or its rugged and wild seemingly untouched clifftops. Home to an abundance of wildlife and nature Cornwall is a place where memories are made, holidays taken and paths…
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A Scramble in the Lakes
‘I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o’er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees,fluttering and dancing in the breeze’ William Wordsworth Tucked away in a far north west corner of England and nestled between the northern…
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Europe, Group Hiking, Guides, Hiking, peak district, Short Trails, Trail, uk, United Kingdom, Weekend Inspiration
The 20-mile Edale Skyline Trail – Hiking & Wild Camping in the Peak District
This is a Tom Takeover… I’m Max’s husband (the other half of ‘ItTakesAJourney’ and last year I ventured to the breath-taking Peak District National Park with friends Cal, T (and Willow the dog) for two days of hiking and wild camping. Max and I walked the Appalachian Trail in 2017 and I’ve missed the trail…
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Snowdon Summit Circuit via Watkin and Rhyd Ddu Path
One day I will enjoy a view from Snowdon but until then at least the journey there and back again is always beautiful! With every visit and season the rugged wild Welsh landscape is ever-changing and welcomes you with breath-taking views. On this occasion we visited as a group of friends and camped in…
