The Grand Finale – The Day We Neatrly Didn’t Hike – Fimmvörðuháls to Skógafoss🇮🇸 Day 5/6 Hike – Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th August 2026 Þórsmörk- Fimmvörðuháls to Skógafoss 25km We arrived in Þórsmörk feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. Four days of hiking behind us, the Laugavegur Trail almost complete and just one final and potentially…
Iceland 2026 Part Six – The Adventure We’ve Been Waiting For
Into Þórsmörk: Iceland’s Wild Playground 🇮🇸 Day 4 Hike – Sunday 23rd August 2026 Emstrur – Þórsmörk 15km We woke up at Emstrur to a little bit of rain. After three days of surprisingly decent weather, Iceland clearly decided we shouldn’t get too comfortable. Thankfully, it didn’t last long. About 40 minutes after setting off,…
Iceland 2026 Part Five – The Adventure We’ve Been Waiting For
Across Black Deserts to Emstrur 🇮🇸 Day 3 Hike – Saturday 22nd August 2026 Hvanngil – Emstrur Distance 16km plus extra canyon hike of 4.5km By Day 3, we’d well and truly settled into trail life. Wake up, pack everything back into the backpacks, eat breakfast, put the boots on and head off into the…
Iceland 2026 Part Four – The Adventure We’ve Been Waiting For
Rivers, Rhyolite & Hvanngil 🇮🇸 Day 2 Hike – Friday 21st August 2026 Hrafntinnusker – Hvanngil Distance 12km After a surprisingly decent night’s sleep at Hrafntinnusker, we woke up feeling pretty good. We’d wrapped ourselves up in layers during the night, but considering we’d spent the night camping at high altitude in the Icelandic Highlands,…
Iceland 2026 Part Three – The Adventure We’ve Been Waiting For
Into the Highlands, The Land of Fire and Colour 🇮🇸 Day 1 Hike – Thursday 20th August Landmannalaugar – Hrafntinnusker 12k, 664 m ascent After eight years of waiting, the day had finally arrived. We were up early and on the 7am bus from Reykjavík, heading towards Landmannalaugar and the start of our 80+ km…
Iceland 2026 Part Two – The Adventure We’ve Been Waiting For
The Calm Before the Carry 🇮🇸 Wednesday 18th August 2026 Reykjavík, Iceland 🇮🇸 We touched down in Reykjavík bright and early running on excitement, coffee and the slightly surreal feeling that our next adventure was finally beginning. Our flight was at 6.10am from Edinburgh so it gave us a full day and night in this…
Iceland 2026 Part One – The Adventure We’ve Been Waiting For
Eight Years in the Making 🇮🇸 Wednesday 28th August 2026 Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴 – Reykjavik, Iceland 🇮🇸 There are some trips that you plan, book and go on. And then there are the ones that somehow take eight years to actually happen. We first visited Iceland back in 2018 and like most people who have…
A Long Weekend, A Van, A Loch & A Mountain
Loch Cuaich Saturday 18th – Monday 20th July 2026 Some places are worth every single mile… and Loch Cuaich is definitely one of them. The journey in is long. And by long, I mean the kind of road where you start wondering if Google Maps has actually sent you to the middle of nowhere on…
Discovering Bratislava: Slovakia’s Charming Capital
Slovakia June 2026 Bratislava completely exceeded our expectations. We chose to stay in a modern high-rise overlooking the River Danube and the city’s beautiful Old Town. As evening fell, watching Bratislava Castle illuminated above the rooftops while the lights reflected on the river was simply stunning and became one of our favourite memories of the…
A Long Weekend in Lithuania: Discovering Kaunas and Vilnius
Lithuania – Kaunas & Vilnius May 2026 When deciding where to spend a long weekend, Lithuania wasn’t the obvious choice. Yet after several days exploring Kaunas and taking a day trip to Vilnius, I found myself wondering why more people don’t visit this fascinating Baltic country. With its rich history, vibrant arts scene, beautiful architecture…
