We are sending you our best wishes for the holiday season, whether you are spending these most tranquil days of the year in the tranquility of a winter wonderland …
… or in sunnier climes. We also wish you all the best for a good and prosperous new year and will be back by the middle of January provided circumstances allow.
Two Things Defining Easy Hiking 1. It is hiking or walking along a trail where you don’t need a compass and where the wildest animal you are likely to meet is a wild rabbit. (A fox and a boar, in theory, but in practice, you will never see them.) Where you can be confident that nothing…
Hiking in Germany What is KONUS? Holidays are expensive things. For most families, they are easily the biggest item in their annual budget behind life’s essentials such as food, shelter and transport (such as the family car). Travel and accommodation make up the largest chunk of holiday expenses, but by the time the holiday starts,…
Collaborative Post Mary Jay, a travel blogger, has put down some tips on taking photos on hiking trips! Tips on Taking Photos When you hike, you are treated to some truly stunning sights. You barely go a day without seeing something that takes your breath away. It is one of the joys of hiking and…
Winter is the season that most dramatically divides the world into North and South. But here is a comforting thought for all those among you who are currently in the grip of the cold and the dark: the people who inhabit the gentler climes of the Mediterranean may be spared the worst of the weather,…
It is a truth universally acknowledged (at least in my house it is) that every holiday break of more than three days must be spiced up with a bit of variety. More specifically, such longer holiday breaks should include two things: first, one day trip where you do something totally different from what you are…
What is a Forest? Hands up everybody who spontaneously said “Something with a lot of trees in it.” Strange, isn’t it, how much we take certain things for granted without ever thinking much about them. Forests are there – because they have always been there, haven’t they? This is an idea that probably still…