What equipment do you need for hiking in Europe?
If you’re a fair-weather walker who is embarking on a longer or more strenuous trip than normal, it can be difficult to decide what additional …
If you’re a fair-weather walker who is embarking on a longer or more strenuous trip than normal, it can be difficult to decide what additional …
The breathtaking mountain landscapes of the Alps have drawn travellers, walkers and climbers since Monsieur Saussaure arrived in Chamonix in 1760 to make a botanical …
The second half of my walk on the Tour de Mont Blanc earlier this September took me and my friend Julia over high mountain passes, …
When my friend Julia and I started walking the Tour de Mont Blanc three years ago, we weren’t convinced that we needed walking poles at …
Sometimes on the Tour de Mont Blanc I felt like a mountain goat, leaping from rock to rock down a steep path made up of …
Here we go again on the Tour de Mont Blanc! This was the fourth (and we hoped the final) year that my friend Julia and …
The forecast was good and my friend Julia and I were full of excitement to be walking for the third year on the Tour de …
We’d arrived at Rifugio Bonatti the night before and were nearing the end of our 2012 walk on the Tour de Mont Blanc. The Refuge …
Last September, my friend Julia and I completed a 4 day walk on the Tour de Mont Blanc, experiencing a few aching limbs, but no …
For walkers like us on the Tour de Mont Blanc, the routine was “early to bed and early to rise”. But as we left our …
The first day of our walk on the Tour de Mont Blanc had taken us through Alpine meadows and pretty hamlets, but we hoped that …