A Walk in the Woods - easy hiker

We’ve Got A Winner!

Well, thanks to everyone who participated in my little contest, and thanks to all of you for your ideas and comments. I have learned a lot about travel books while reading your entries, and some of your suggestions have actually made me quite curious. I will surely pick up one or two of those!

But no matter how many deserving entries there were, only one of you can get my spare copy of Bill Bryson’s A Walk in

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An Après Hike With Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson as an Apres Hike

In the few months that this website has been in operation, I have featured easy hiking adventures in Europe and the US, discussed hiking boots, backpacks and other hiking subjects.

One thing I have not talked about at all is the topic of après-hike. And why has nobody so far bothered to say anything about this topic? Because there is, strictly speaking, no such thing.

This is (yet another) striking contrast to hiking’s distant

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