We woke up on the first day of our hike very excited. We were packed and ready to go and headed down for the breakfast part of our bed and breakfast booking. The place we were staying at certainly knew what they were doing and we had some great breakfast options all hearty and fullContinue reading “Lake District Day 1 Buttermere to Wasdale Head”
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Lake District- Planning
Ever since we have been back in England we have been wanting to do a multi day hike. We had ear marked the Lake District as a possible destination for this but I was always a little apprehensive of doing the full hike and camp experience due to the weather. Tim found an awesome articleContinue reading “Lake District- Planning”
Bamford – Peak District
Having had a wonderful stay with with one of my oldest friends in Cheshire we set off towards the Peak District maybe more hungover than recharged but still very excited about continuing our travels especially considering there were rumours of a “heatwave” or at the very least a dry weekend ahead!! Our drive was toContinue reading “Bamford – Peak District”
Church Stretton
After Forest of Dean we were making our way up north to see some old family friends but thought we would have a look at the Shropshire Hills area first. It also happened to coincide with our Rugby League team the Brisbane Broncos making the grand final so we thought we would treat ourselves andContinue reading “Church Stretton”
Forest of Dean
The Forest of Dean is England’s oldest oak forest but I have to admit I had mostly read about it in mountain bike magazines as it has a large network of mountain bike tracks and so we thought we would hope for some dry weather and jump on our bikes for a couple of days.Continue reading “Forest of Dean”
Cotswolds
After a quick recharge in London we headed off on our around England adventure! First stop the Cotswolds. We had reluctantly decided to pick up our more robust awning for the coming month in the UK as we were antiscipating the weather to be a little inclement. Maybe a little pessimistic but probably more realistic.Continue reading “Cotswolds”
Beaune and the Drive Home
It was a little sad as always to leave the mountains but this time it was nice knowing that we would be back and we both felt ready to finish our stint in France and head back to the UK. Rather than hurtle our way back we thought we would break up our drive toContinue reading “Beaune and the Drive Home”
Chamonix
The second place we had earmarked to visit for potential places for future winter stays was Chamonix. I had never been but Tim had about 25 years ago so his memories were a bit rusty. Chamonix is situated in a valley with Mont Blanc towering above it. Everywhere you looked you have absolutely stunning viewsContinue reading “Chamonix”
Bourg Saint Maurice
We had a wonderful 10 day stay with Mum, Dad, Kelly, Ben, Theo and Bea where we had a week of high 30s temperatures where just about all we could do was laze by the pool enjoying the view over the Mediterranean followed by a storm and a 10 degree drop in temp which madeContinue reading “Bourg Saint Maurice”
Florac
We decided our next stop was to be the Cévennes National Park. Made famous by a Robert Lewis Stevenson book about a trek through the National Park with a donkey. You can walk the same paths he did by following the GR 70 walk. Neither of us have read the book (it’s on the list)Continue reading “Florac”