Ben Aán, The Trossachs Saturday 1st December 2018 Today we decided to either get into the Christmas spirit or flee the Christmas madness, or maybe even do a bit of both. We were heading to the hills. It had been a while and as John Muir once wrote “The mountains are calling and I must…

Day 27 & 28 – Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th November 2018 Distance travelled:- By plane – 11,670 kms/7,251 miles By public transport – 5 kms/2.5 miles By foot – 15 kms / 9.51 miles Steps taken – 22,499 “Don’t cry for me Argentina”…or Chile…or even Brazil…I will be back! Air view of BA Saturday…

Day 26 – Friday 2nd November 2018 Distance travelled:- By plane – 2360 kms/1472 miles By public transport – 125 kms/80 miles By foot – 12 kms / 7.36 miles Steps taken – 17,385 So yesterday wasn’t our final destination after all. Today we decided to skip one more border and visit Brazil. We had…

Day 25 – Thursday 1st November 2018 Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By public transport – 20 kms/12.5 miles By foot – 21 kms / 13.02 miles Steps taken – 30,905 Today we were paying a visit to the Argentinian side of the Iguazú Falls. All through the night it had been belting it…

Day 24 – Wednesday 31st October 2018 Distance travelled:- By plane – plane 1 : 1,080kms/ 671 miles; plane 2 : 2360kms/1472 miles By public transport – 20 kms/12.5 miles By foot – 12 kms / 7.53 miles Steps taken – 18.021 We caught a lift this morning at 7.25am to the airport from the…

Day 23 – Tuesday 30th October 2018 The Beagle Channel Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By public transport – 90kms/50 miles….not sure how many miles by boat By foot – 21 kms /12.84 miles Steps taken – 30,382 Yesterday I was on another mission! So whilst planning this trip I wanted to see penguins…

Day 22 – Monday 29th October 2018 Tierra del Fuego National Park Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By public transport – 48 kms/ 30 miles By foot – 25 kms/ 15.4 miles Steps taken – 35,816 Last night we just happened to sleep through a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck near Ushuaia. The quake…

Day 21 – Sunday 28th October 2018 Ushuaia Distance travelled:- By plane – 563 kms/350 miles By public transport – 4 kms/2.5 miles By foot – 16 kms/ 9.84 miles Steps taken – 23,182 Maybe it’s the austral light, or just knowing that the next step south is Antarctica, whatever it is this trove of…

Day 20 – Saturday 27th October 2018 El Calafete Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By public transport – 269 kms/167 miles By foot – 11 kms/ 6.8 miles Steps taken – 14,093 Up at 6am to catch the 7.30am bus from Puerto Natales back to El Calafete. We had border control to look forward…

Day 19 – Friday 26th October 2018 Puerto Natales Distance travelled:- By plane – 0 By public transport – 0 By foot – 13.7 kms/ 8.54 miles Steps taken – 20,040 Today we had a lie in…we were entitled to it…we had a busy 5 days of early rises and little sleep so it felt…