The Fishermans Trail follows the wild southwestern Atlantic coast of Portugal.  It is classed by some as “one of the most beautiful coastal trails in the world”.  The Fishermans Trail, is so named because it follows the centuries-old tracks used by local fisherman to access the best fishing spots along this section of Portugal’s coastline. …

A visit to Berlin offers a rich tapestry of history, culture, and modernity, providing visitors with a diverse range of experiences. Here’s a snapshot of what we saw during our visit. Berlin is steeped in history and you can find remnants of its past scattered throughout the city. Iconic landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate,…

This was to be our final day on the trail which I think I can honestly say I was really looking forward to.  Although the scenery had been fantastic and at times the hiking exciting, the food (or lack of it), the sleeping (or lack of it) and toilet facilities (or lack of them) and…

Stage 14 of the GR20 involved a succession of climbs and descents like most days previous. We have come to realise that we just need to look around and pick the highest mountain in the area and thats usually where we are heading up and over, after previously hiking over 3 mountains beforehand…and thats no…

The day’s hike starts straight away with a 600 meter climb up the mountain behind the refuge. It’s relentlessly steep and requires scrambling up granite slabs in places. The trail criss-crosses over the spine of the ridge to give us a bit of scrambling but it soon fizzles out and drops down to the plateau….

It had been a very windy and cold night and this continued throughout the day to the extent I felt miserable the whole day. I had so been looking forward to this day as it was a stunning ridge walk. At one point when we were on a very steep and rocky summit gusts of…

The route traverses forested slopes for most of the day. Although there are some steep and rugged ascents and descents, these are quite short, and most of the time the gradients are gentle in comparison to other days and the paths and tracks followed are fairly easy – again in comparison to other days! For…

We reluctantly left our beautiful, clean and peaceful hotel after breakfast which I couldn’t stomach due to my last nights dinner.  This was so disappointing as the breakfast was so beautifully done.  But before we knew it we were back on the trail like we had never left. From Vizzavona we made our way up…

Vizzavona is known to hikers as the mid-point on the GR20. We had made the halfway point which meant the northern half was now complete, we were on to the southern route from here on in. There was nothing really here in Vizzavona apart from a couple of hotels and a train station. Our plan…

The sun hit camp earlyish this morning which felt nice as we packed our things away. Once organised we re-traced our steps back up to the ridge and followed it all the way up to the Muratello breche, a lovely viewpoint. Here, we toppled over to the Vizzavona side of the mountain. This stage is…