This blog – my diary and a hiking t(r)ips collection – is three years old now. And as much as I love updating it on a monthly basis, a time has come for a more private type of writing, at least for now. The gallery updates will continue on the gallery page. But the writing moves onto paper.

Trips, hikes and wanders that are stored offline for and from now, are:

• 18-21.06.2018: Causeway Coast Way hike, Northern Ireland
• 29.06-01.07.2018: Vormsi Island (Ormsö) wanderings, Estonia
• 02-05.08.2018: SWCP (from Minehead to Combe Martin) hike, Somerset + North Devon, England
• 18-19.08.2018: Paris ramblings
• 21-28.08.2018: Mountaineering trip to Mount Elbrus, Russia
• 02-16.09.2018: Pacific North West road trip (Washington, Oregon, California)
• 28-30.09.2018: Snowdonia National Park, Wales
• 02.10.2018: Evening walk through Lille, France
• 13.10.2018: Mushroom foraging in Hockley, Essex (UK)
• 14-21.10.2018: New York state & New Jersey girls trip
• 27.10.2018: Autumn countryside walk in the North Downs (Box Hill to Holmwood)
• 08-11.2018: Malt Whisky Trail trip to Speyside and Scottish Highlands
• 30.12.2018: Good-bye 2018 walk – The Balcombe circular in West Sussex

2019

• 03-08.01.2019: Barcelona ramblings
• 12.01.2019: Thames Path from Mortlake to Hammersmith, London
• 18.01-16.02.2019: Bali, Flores, Rinca and Kanawa explorations
• 03.03-16.03.2019: Rome, Italy
• 31.03.2019: London LOOP dayhike, sections 18-21 (Enfield Lock to Harold Wood)
• 06.04.2019: London LOOP dayhike, sections 1-2 (Erith to Petts Wood)
• 07-14.04.2019: Porto ramblings
• 22.04-03.05.2019: Rome wanders
• 04-11.05.2019: Dublin and Wicklow mountains, Ireland
• 12.05-01.06.2019: Rome & Napoli & Pompei wanders
• 11-15.06.2019: Tallinn, Estonia
• 20-23.06.2019: Andalucia explorations, Spain
• 30.06.2019: London LOOP dayhike, sections 12-13 (Uxbridge to Moor Park)
• 04.07.2019: London LOOP dayhike, sections 7-8 (Banstead Downs to Kingston Bridge)
• 05-08.07.2019: Lille weekend shenanigans
• 20-29.07.1019: Mount Ararat (5165 m) summit expedition in Turkey
• 03.08.2019: Guildford to Goldaming walk, England
• 09.08.2019: Walk from Clapham village to Gaping Gill and back (Yorkshire)
• 14-18.08.2019: SWCP hike on Jurassic Coast from Exmouth to Weymouth, England (97.2 km)
• 09-13.09.2019: Summer mountaineering in Torridon, Scotland
• 15.09.2019: Hike in Happy Valley
• 17.09.2019: Hike to Cherry Hinton Calk Pits
• 02-06.10.2019: Glasgow pubs and a 2-day hike from Kingshouse Hotel to Fort William
• 06-11.10.2019: Estonia ramblings
• 12-13.10.2019: Walks near River Arun and foraging in Eartham Forest (South Downs National Park, West Sussex)
• 04-23.11.2019: Madagascar explorations & treks
• 04-12.12.2019: Estonia hikes and walks
• 30.12.2019: London LOOP dayhike, section 9 (Kingston to Hatton Cross)

2020

• 02-31.01.2020: Wanders on the islands: Bali, Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno
• 01-19.02.2020: Explorations, hikes, crater lake visits on Java, Indonesia
• 25.02.2020: London LOOP dayhike, sections 10-11 (Hatton Cross to Uxbridge)
• 26-28.02.2020: Budapest wanderings
• 04-12.03.2020: Estonian wanderings
• 24.07.2020: Cliff hike from Seaford to Eastbourne (Sussex, England)
• 01-02.08.2020: Wanderings in Peak District National Park (England)
• 04.08.2020: Manningtree circular through Dedham and Flatford (Essex, England)
• 12-15.08.2020: Cycling in Yorkshire
• 04-12.09.2020: Explorations of Perigord Noir
• 13.09 – 04.10: Estonian autumn hikes and wanderings
• 10.10.2020: Mushroom foraging walk from Box Hill to Dorking, Surrey (via Polesden Lacey and Wotton)
• 11.10.2020: Ramblings in Sutton Hoo and Aldeburgh, Suffolk
• 27.10-08.12.2020: Estonian hikes and wanderings

2021

• 23.05.2021: Balcombe Circular, England
• 26 -28.05 2021: Hike from Tyndrum – Fort William, Scotland (76.9 km)
• 01.06.2021: Number 3 Buttress on Stob Coire nam Beith + Bidean nam Bian through Stob Coire nan Lochan and down from Dinnertime Buttress, Glen Coe, Scotland
• 02.06.2021: Ridge traverse of Aonach Eagach, Scotland
• 03.06.2021: Curved Ridge on Buachaille Etive Mor, Scotland
• 04.06.2021: Pinnacle Ridge of Garbh Bheinn, Scotland
• 05.06.2021: Stob Coire Sgreamhach, Scotland
• 08.06.2021: Box Hill circular, Surrey
• 09.06.2021: Dedham Vale circular, Essex-Suffolk
• 14.06.2021: Charlton wanders, London
• 21.06.2021: Circular walk around Lake Vyrnwy, Wales
• 03-04.07.2021: East Anglia and Norfolk explorations
• 14-16.07.2021: SWCP hike from Westward Ho! to Bude, England (67.62 km)
• 31.07-07.08.2021: Bob Graham Round hike in the Lake District, England
• 14.08.2021: Cuckmere kayak trip + walk to Seaford, East Sussex, England
• 19.08.2021: London LOOP dayhike, section 16 from Elstree & Borehamwood to High Barnet
• 21.08.2021: Walk from West Byfleet to Guildford (Wey Navigation), Surrey, England
• 24.08.2021: Wanderings in Castle Ashby Gardens, Northamptonshire, England
• 25.08.2021: London LOOP dayhike, section 14 from Moor Park to Hatch End.
• 28.08-02.09.2021: Cape Wrath Trail, Fort William to Morvich 127.44K
• 05.09.2021: London LOOP dayhike/section finish: High Barnet to Cockfosters
• 11.09.2021: London LOOP dayhike, final section: Hatch End to Elstree & Borehamwood
• 02-05.10.2021: Paris ramblings
• 13.10.2021: A Dorking mushroom ramble, Surrey, England
• 17-26.10.2021: Socotra explorations, Yemen
• 05-07.11.2021: Peak Distict rambles
• 18.11.2021: Dayhike from Lulworth Cove to Weymouth, Dorset
• 23.11.2021: Balcombe Circular dayhike, West Sussex, England
• 29.11 – 13.12. 2021: Adventures in snowy Estonia
• 23-27.12.2021: Unwinding in Speyside, Scotland

2022

• 17.01.2022: A dayhike on the South Downs Way, South Downs National Park, England
• 06.03 – 12.03.2022: ML training in Snowdonia National Park
• 17.03 – 27.03.2022: Egypt explorations, incl the White Desert
• 28.03 – 02.05.2022: Socotra explorations
• 03.05 – 14.05.2022: Istanbul + South-Eastern Turkey road trip
• 12.05.2022: Walk to the summit of Mount Nemrut, Eastern Taurus mountain range, south-east Turkey
• 19.05 – 29.05.2022: Hikes and climbs in the Scottish Highlands, incl Ben Nevis, part of CWT, GGW, WHW
• 03.06 – 08.06.2022: Visit to SW Norway, with local hikes
• 26.06.2022: Walk around Box Hill, incl the Stepping Stones, Surrey, England
• 07.07 – 13.07.2022: Road trip in Albania and North Macedonia
• 23.08 – 08.08. 2022: Estonian summer adventures
• 29. – 31.07.2022: Hike on the RMK trail from Rosma Chapel to Värska, Estonia
• 02.09 – 18.09: MOTHERFUCKING ALASKA, USA
• 24.09 – 02.10: The French Riviera + a day trip to Italy
• 03.10 – 05.10: Cornwall wanders, England, incl a hike from Port Isaac to Padstow
• 08.10 – 10.10: Whitby & the surrounding Yorkshire, England
• 12.10: Stob Ban (Mamores) and Mullach nan Coirean, Scottish Highlands
• 13.10: Aonach Mor and Aonach Beag, Grampian Mountains, Scottish Highlands
• 14.10: Upper Falls car park to Steal Falls to a saddle of Meall Cumhann to Lower Falls car park, Scottish Highlands
• 15.10 – 18.10: East Highland Way from Laggan to Aviemore
• 22.10.2022: Mushroom walk from Holmwood to Wotton, Surrey AONB
• 24-25.10.2022: 2-day hike in The Rhinogydd, Wales: Barmouth – Mynydd Egryn South top – Mynydd Egryn – Llwlech – Diffwys West Top – Diffwys – Crib-Y-Rhiw – Y Llethr + Roman Steps to Harlech
• 28.10.2022: Okehampton to Belstone Tor wanders, Dartmoor, Devon
• 31.10 – 07.12.2022: Guiding on Socotra, Yemen

Thank you, my dozen + sweet readers.

I shall return in some form or another. 🙂