Hiking in Central Portugal: the wish list

  One of the advantages of living and hiking with an outdoor writer is being able to stray from the well-trampled routes outlined in walking guidebooks. Over the past few years, the availability of online mapping software has enabled Harri … Continued

Route plotting with Viewranger, Strava and Google Streetscene

  On Friday we returned from a hugely enjoyable hiking holiday in Central Portugal. We spent the first week meandering through the tranquil inland region – including the beautiful Serra da Lousã – before joining the coast at Figueira da Foz … Continued

Machen circular: Mynydd Machen, Mynydd y Lan, Abercarn and Cwmcarn

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I’m so relieved Harri has never suggested we join the South Wales Long-distance Walkers Association on one of their epic endurance walks otherwise we might have been doing today’s circular walk from Machen on New Year’s Day! Believe me, those LDWA hikers … Continued

The Via Algarviana – on the publicity trail

  Well it’s all been happening since we arrived in Albufeira at the beginning of December. It seems the Portuguese press is far more enthusiastic about our Via Algarviana books than the Welsh press was about O Fôn i Fynwy (Harri’s new … Continued