Whether you are a beginner, or a seasoned pro, snowshoeing in the Vercors needs to be added to your bucket list! All the ski resorts in the Vercors offer groomed and signposted trails across rolling terrain for snowshoe beginners. Villard de Lans offers the biggest area, with over 50km of signposted trails. However, for seasoned
Walking in the mountains is good for us, but walking in the mountains with a donkey… well that’s just therapy for your soul! We have just come back from a couple of days hiking in the stunning Parc National de la Vanoise in the French Alps, with the gorgeous four-legged, long-eared, ball of fluff
Food is everything on expeditions! Whatever type of endurance sport you are doing, it’s likely you will be burning on average 4000-6000 calories a day. It’s therefore imperative that you replace these calories. You need plenty of healthy carbs, proteins and fats, to help your body recover, and to sustain your energy levels for the
I don’t know if you are anything like me, but I absolutely LOVE listening to podcasts. The format is uniquely situated to fit into our busy lives, allowing us to multi-task. When i’m cycling, running or hiking, I can pop on a podcast and be inspired, motivated, entertained and educated, or even just pass the
So you’re excited about going hiking, maybe you have even pencilled a date in the diary and chosen a route! But you’re still a little unsure what you need to take with you and what you need to wear. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. If you’ve just started out hiking, then this list of hiking
Below are the updates that I posted on social media during my solo unsupported hike across Iceland Traverse. Links you might also like… To view the main expedition page, route and gallery of images please click here. To view my kit list and kit review from this trip please click here. 24th June
Below is all the equipment I took on my solo and unsupported Iceland Traverse hike. I hiked just shy of 600km from the southerly most point to the northerly, carrying everything I needed for the duration of the trip. Due to the brutality of the Icelandic weather, the barren landscape of Europe’s biggest desert and
What’s the strangest chat up line you’ve ever heard? Mine was during a summer holiday in the French Alps aged 27, and went something like “would you ski with me to the North Pole”?
Just back from a two day hike across the Beaufortain Massif. I had completely forgotten just how much fun micro-adventures without a bike can be, as it’s been a couple of years!! Staying in a high mountain refuge… being warmed by a roaring log burner and cups of tea, playing cards and board games, whilst its -10C and snowing outside.