All tagged Hiking
“A random travel article came across my desk a while ago about hiking in Greece. Hmmm....I thought, isn’t Greece all about the islands? The article referred to the Vikos Gorge, said to be the deepest (in proportion to its width) in the world, and how the Zagori region in the Pindus mountains of northwestern Greece is untouristed and in pristine condition…”
“...so there we are, twelve of us, plus our guides, scrabbling over rocks and other uneven terrain down a forested gorge somewhere in Madya Pradesh, India. We have already walked a couple of miles from where the vehicles disgorged us, leaving us with just our daypacks, trekking poles, and one another.”
“Imagine my surprise, to discover that I live smack-dab on the North Country Trail. This happy realization occurred when I joined some friends who were chipping away at the NCT in 10-mile segments through Kent County in 2019. Although I had intended to join them multiple times that year, I only made it once, on a steamy-hot summer day in August.”
“Our primary goal in Portugal in April was to trek 76km (47miles) along the eastern edge of the Atlantic Ocean along the famous Fishermen’s Trail… The easy two hour ride south from Lisbon took us to the quiet seaside resort town of Porto Covo, where our walk began.”
“We traversed the expansive Victoria Park and rounded a corner to see Bath’s famous Royal Crescent, foregrounded by one of the final way markers for the Cotswold Way.”
“Midway through our 70 miles on the Cotswold Way, our party took an entire day off… leaving us with an entire day in the delightful town of Wotton-Under-Edge!”
“Ah, to walk! And to have nothing to do but walk for the day’s agenda: what a slice of heaven.”
