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Continue reading →: At Krn, Triglav National ParkThings calmed down after Friday’s deluge. Saturday was forecast to be very wet as well, but that rain never materialised, instead a blanket of low cloud and mist slowly broke up leaving wispy segments loitering against ridges and below, in the valley. The peaks of Triglav were still shrouded,…
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Continue reading →: Krn, Triglav National ParkWe nudged on a bit up the valley to Radstadt and the wide Enns river valley that gives the area such high quality dairy farming. There was rain coming today so I was keen to get out before midday, when it was forecast to set in. It was the sort…
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Continue reading →: Werfen, Austrian Alps
Just a quick update from the journey south. For the last time, thankfully, I picked up Roja’s Animal Health Certificate from Folkestone. The collection date can’t be changed, and the vets don’t open until 10 am; if not for that I would have crossed to France last night, it’s so…
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Continue reading →: Wye Downs
These travel days are very much means to an end, and certainly the English motorways are the busiest and most stressful I have encountered when driving. Not a lot of fun therefore, so it is necessary to insert small moments of amusement, to look forward to amidst the usual drudge…
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Continue reading →: At New IngYesterday was a day reading an apocalyptic Uruguayan horror novel and watching Uruguayan rugby, quite fittingly, with them producing their best ever World Cup performance by pushing the hosts, France, close. The Rugby World Cup will occupy quite a bit of my time in the next 6 weeks, at…
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Continue reading →: ShapA week catching up with a few friends hiking around the maze of tracks around Shap village, based at New Ing Lodge. Scott and Leigh Ann have been at New Ing for almost 13 years now and in that time it is barely recognisable from when they first bought…
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Continue reading →: Carhullan
For a few days I’ve been camped up at the end of a single track and steep road that winds its way towards the Eastern fells of the Lake District. My only neighbours are holiday homes, one private that a guy from London bought a year or so ago for…
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Continue reading →: Lerwick – Kirkwall – Stromness – ScrabsterI hadn’t expected much, but the last trek of this course on Shetland, the Ness of Sound, was excellent. The car park I had used is only half a mile from Lerwick town and yet completely quiet, and though it attracts a few walkers and joggers in the daytime, there…
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Continue reading →: ScallowayI docked at Scalloway on my bicycle trip in 2005 coming off the boat that used to call into Shetland on route Iceland – Faroes – Shetland – Denmark. It stopped calling in in 2008. I remember it being windy, but not a lot else. It’s the main reason…
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Continue reading →: Sumburgh Head and the Ness of BurgiSumburgh Head and its lighthouse is at the southernmost tip of Shetland’s Mainland island. It is the most popular tourist destination outside of Lerwick, though today, in the height of the summer season, and on a relatively warm and sunny day (16C) it had about 50 people there while…
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SafeReturnDoubtful is my alias. Rua is my fox red labrador pup, born 14 Feb 2026 and learning fast..
Where is Rua?
I was so much older then…
Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
