Walks, Hikes, Treks…

The Challenges of Quitting

The Challenges of Quitting After only six days of walking, I have decided to quit my winter Camino.I was looking ...

Peaks of the Balkans-Day 7

Hiking the Peaks of the Balkans Day 7: Vusanje to Theth This is the eighth in a series of posts ...

Peaks of the Balkans-Day 6

Hiking the Peaks of the BalkansDay 6: Plav to Vusanje Photo: Nev Chamberlain This is the seventh in a series ...

Peaks of the Balkans-Day 5:Rekë e Allegës to Drelaj

Hiking the Peaks of the BalkansDay 5: Rekë e Allegës to Drelaj Photo: Nev Chamberlain This is the fifth in ...

Peaks of the Balkans-Day 4: Milishevc  to Rekë e Allegës

Hiking the Peaks of the BalkansDay 4: Milishevc to Rekë e Allegës This is the fourth in a series of ...

Peaks of the Balkans-Day 3: Doberdol to Milishevc

Hiking the Peaks of the BalkansDay 3: Doberdol to Milishevc Photo by Nev Chamberlain This is the third in a ...

Peaks of the Balkans-Day 2: Çereme to Doberdol

Hiking the Peaks of the BalkansDay 2: Çerime to DoberdolThis is the third in a series of posts about our ...

Peaks of the Balkans-Day 1:Valbona to Çerime

Hiking the Peaks of the BalkansDay 1: Valbona to Çerime This is the second in a series of posts about ...

Peaks of the Balkans-Getting Ready

Hiking the Peaks of the Balkans:Getting Ready This is the first in a series of posts about our experiences taking ...

Training Trek for the Real Trek!

Training Trek for the Real Trek! My daughter, Rebecca, joined me to travel through the Balkans for three months—Serbia, Montenegro, ...

Robert, the Dog Optometrist

Robert, the Dog Optometrist On April 14, it was time I said a farewell to the Outer Hebrides. I decided ...

The Edge of the Planet is a Lovely Place to Be

The Edge of the Planet is a Lovely Place to Be This hike took place back on April 5th and ...

A Winter Walk in the West Highlands

A Winter Walk in the West Highlands — OR — How to travel ON the beaten track and not encounter ...

Under the Douro Fog

Under the Douro FogI'm taking a little segue from my series on the El Camino. Yesterday I experienced one of those ...

The Ups and Downs of Offa’s Dyke: Days One and Two

The Ups and Downs of Offa’s Dyke: Days One and TwoMy friend Annie Sparkes, who I met while living in ...

Quest for Fiber: A New Tradition in Herding Sheep

Quest for Fiber: A New Tradition in Herding Sheep I guess this falls into the "Quest for Fiber" category...I was ...

Quest for Fiber: The New Lanark Cotton Mill

Quest for Fiber:The New Lanark Cotton MillI am backing up a bit to write about some of the spectacular places ...

Quest for Fiber: Picky about my Hentilagets on Bressay

Quest for Fiber: Picky about my Hentilagets on BressayI had a day on Tuesday so overwhelmingly wonderful, that I had ...

Chinchero to Urquillos: All downhill…

Chinchero to Urquillos: All downhill…When Yiqian and I were ready to leave Chinchero, we asked directions for the path that ...

Quest for Fiber: Chinchero Textiles

Quest for Fiber: Chinchero TextilesI had been wanting to visit the Centro de Textiles in Chinchero for quite a while ...

Huchuy Qosqo: Hiking up…up…up

Huchuy Qosqo: Hiking up…up…up ...and then down...down...down Since I moved here to Calca, I have been eyeing some zig-zag trails ...

Growing Salt: The Salineras

Growing Salt: The Salineras Crossing the Urubamba River Last year, when I was staying in Huarocondo near the Sacred Valley ...

Choquequirao Hike Part III: Down and Up—Again!

Choquequirao Trek Part III: Down and then Up—AGAIN It rained most of the second night of our Choquequirao hike, and ...

Choquequirao Trek Part II: Images of the Past

Choquequirao Trek Part II: Images of the Past Choquequirao means "cradle of gold" in the Quechua language. After another filling ...

Choquequirao Trek Part I: Getting There

Choquequirao Trek Part I: Getting There Since Rebecca arrived, we have been busy experiencing travel and I have to apologize ...

Celebracion de 60 Compleanos en Isla Amantani

Celebracion de 60 Compleaños en Isla Amantani (Or How I Spent My 60th Birthday) For the weekend of my 60th ...

Islas! Islas!*

Islas! Islas!* * Islands! Islands!For the weekend of my 60th birthday (March 22), I decided to take a little tourist ...

The Arches of Chucuito and a Hike at 4100 m!

The Arches of Chucuito and a Hike at 4100 Meters The tiny pueblo of Chucuito (about a 30 minute combi ...