Hiking the Hebridean Way on the Western Isles
Vatersay, the southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides or “Western Isles” is Scotland, is the starting point for hiking the …
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A Whisky-filled week on Islay
Earlier this year we spent one week whisky tasting on Islay. We went there with the aim to visit as …
The Big Pit coal museum in South Wales – an encounter with the miners
The coal mines in South Wales used to be among the biggest in the world, and the miners’ strikes in …
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A day with Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow’s glorious past
To hike the West Highland Way, we had booked a flight with Easy Jet from Berlin to Glasgow and back. …
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Hiking the Highlands on the West Highland Way
The waves of Loch Lomond hitting the beach near Balmaha are quite high, but nevertheless it is a reasonably friendly …
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A visit to the Glengoyne Whisky Distillery in Scotland
On the first hiking day of the West Highland Way the trail passes the Glengoyne Whisky Distillery. Obviously we have …
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Wuthering Wainwrights – Walks in the English Lake District
“I’m doing the Wainwrights,” Catherine explains and points at her goal for today’s hike, a minor peak above Borrowdale. “Have …
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Lovely days on the Pembrokeshire coastal path
„Take warm sweaters. It’s always cold in Wales“, Helen had advised us. Hiking on the Pembrokeshire coastal path with a …
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