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Hiking in Arches National Park, Moab

Hiking in Arches National Park, Moab

‘Are you awake?’ ‘Yes, you?’ ‘Er, obviously’ It’s 4am and the jet lag has hit my Mum and I hard. We’re in a small B&B in Moab, Utah and we’re sharing a bathroom – apparently it wouldn’t be very...
Kilimanjaro Machame Route Day 3

Kilimanjaro Machame Route Day 3

The Machame route is a popular one due to the acclimatisation allowed en route – Day 3 we walked up to Lava Camp, around 4600m, and back down to Baranco camp, at 3900m, covering about 10Km in 8 hours. The going was a bit more undulating, trekking East from the...
Kilimanjaro Machame Route Days 1 and 2

Kilimanjaro Machame Route Days 1 and 2

A 3.45am alarm, 4am taxi to Heathrow, 6.30am departure and 9+ hours of flying time probably isn’t the ideal preparation for one of the greatest challenges I’ve ever undertaken. However I was greeted with the warmest welcome at Kilimanjaro airport by the G...

Climbing the Pitons

Although I knew I’d given Hiking the Pitons as one of our activity options, we had both come to St Lucia completely unprepared for hiking. We didn’t have a backpack, hats, snacks or water bottles, and no idea of the intensity of the climb. After a 2 hour drive along...