The longest part of our year travelling has begun. Temporarily delayed by my operation, we gave the journey the official start when we...

Moors (excerpt) Are a stage for the performance of heaven Any audience is incidental Ted Hughes For a while I have been pondering the...

It was with excitement that we crowded into the large cable car waiting to take us to the summit of the Zugspitze. Glazing all around,...

The weather was improving and fine when we set off to cycle the 8 miles to Solden. This was along a newly installed bike track that run...

After meeting up with Vicky and Martin (friends from our travels in France), we spent a few long days in the mountains around Garmiche,...

We have now been in Bavaria for almost a week, having left UK on the ferry Dover to Dunkirk at 2 am, Tuesday 21st August. We are going...

We had been talking about staying at a mountain hut for some time, to enable a longer day in the mountains. This was something I had...

Cols We are in the Parc National de Pyrenees. This is a place where the animals and the environment take first place over humans. The...

When we did research for this trip one of the things I was keen to do was visit the Pic du Midi de Bigorre in Summer. I had been here a...

On the way to the Pyranees we stayed for a few days at Sérempuy. This is the village where my family have a little house. We have sold...