Descriptions of my travels and places that I am interested in. In some of the longer ones the order has been reversed. For instance, Te Araroa has over 100 posts so I have reordered it from oldest to newest for easier reading.
On the second day there was rain coming in the afternoon so we didn’t get to do too much walking. In the morning we went down to visit the village which is very nice. Supposedly, because of Covid, there weren’t as many people around as usual but there still seemed to be quite a few …
In many ways my week in Appenzell was a continuation of the Te Araroa hike in 2016/17. Who would have known that three years after that I would be joining one of the people I walked around two thousand kilometers with in his home town, or that there would be another TA hiker there as …
According to Mary’s instructions to Saint Bernadette, she was to wash and drink from the spring waters at Lourdes. Today, pilgrims continue to abide by those commands, and a whole baths complex has developed to accommodate them. And So I found myself at 9:30 in morning waiting with hundreds of other women for my water …
He says For some reason we decided to repeat our water woes on the last day. After waking to a strange buzzing noise caused by a blanket of insects throughout the forest we failed to refill our bottles at the stream. Half an hour later we made the same mistake and then, after drinking almost …
He says At some point I should try and figure out why 70% of my mornings begin with a climb. Possibly because of water although in this case Angelynn pointed out that they always steer the GR routes through the towns. Worth it for last night’s dinner and wine. This morning’s climb was also of …