Zabljak (Montenegro): A Playground for outdoor enthusiasts

Get out and about – that’s pretty much what you feel when in Zalbjak, at the foot of the beautiful … More

Up to the Hype? A hiker’s review of the Valbona-Theth Trek (Albania)

Let’s face it: the hype about travel in Albania generally and this mountain region in particular has grown exponentially in … More

What can I say – we were much looking forward to this stage. A lot of it had to do … More

In this hiker’s imagery, La Maliciosa (“the malicious one”) is the biggest mountain in our modest sierra. Huge, really. Not … More

The Pyrenees are a mountain chain that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, and which acts as … More

This is a story that took place in August 2012, on Vermont’s Long Trail, close to its Northern terminus. It’s … More

Pretty impressive, the guajes, nodded the ruddy Asturian mountaineer on meeting the three of us on the top of Peña … More

You know when you’re in a nice mountain village or coastal town and say, hey, I wish I could own … More

La Pedriza: ode to granite rock, smells of rockrose, mecca of Madrid climbers and hikers and, well…one of the few … More

It had been – what – 20 years since I had hiked in Gredos for the last time? And this … More