Tag: Scarp
GR10 part 7 – Mont-Louis to Banyuls-sur-Mer
September 2022 Day 52: Mont-Louis to Refuge du Ras de la Carança I walked down to the railway line and strolled through farmland paths to cross the valley to Planès. A rocky path led up through pine... Read More
GR10 part 6 – Vicdessos to Mont-Louis
September 2022 Day 44: Vicdessos to Siguer Today was quite short and with not a significant amount of climbing so there was time to acquire a baguette and pastries before Dad drove me back to Vicdesso... Read More
GR10 part 5 – Bagnères de Luchon to Vicdessos
September 2022 Day 32: Bagnères de Luchon to Fos If I’m being honest, I almost didn’t start walking again from Bagnères. For a myriad of reasons, one of them being how comfy the bed was.... Read More
GR10 part 4 – Luz-Saint-Sauveur to Bagnères de Luchon
August 2022 Day 22: Luz-Saint-Sauveur to Refuge des Oulètes de Gaube My plan to loop back and walk the high level variant between Cauterets and Luz-Saint-Sauveur involved 3 buses, for which the touri... Read More
GR10 part 3 – Borce to Luz-Saint-Sauveur
August 2022 Day 13: Borce to Gabas Today was a big day and as I approached the Chemin de la Mâture I was worried that I should have left earlier. The path was cut into the vertical limestone cliffs i... Read More
GR10 part 2 – Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Borce
August 2022 Day 7: Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Gite d’étape Kaskoleta I left town via the boulangerie and the best pain au raisin I’ve ever had. I know, it was pretty amazing. It was a fai... Read More
GR10 part 1 – Hendaye to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
With some extended time off work and a desire to walk in the mountains I chose the Pyrenees – the GR10 on the french side of the mountain range. Accessible from the UK by train in a day, the Pyr... Read More
Cycling the Great North Trail in Scotland
September 2021 This is a trip report of bikepacking a section of the Scottish part of the Great North Trail and the Great Glen Way. The Great North Trail is an off road long distance bike trail choreo... Read More
Wild Welsh Weekend
May 2017 A week before I realised I had no plans for the upcoming May bank holiday weekend. The weather looked pretty decent (I laugh as I write this in hindsight) and my usual hiking friends were una... Read More
Coast to Coast gear debrief
May 2017 In general, my backpacking kit for the Coast to Coast worked rather well. I was using quite a bit of new kit, so I’ve summarised the stand out pieces here. The good Scarp 1 This te... Read More