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 …