Distance: Approx. 10 miles (16 km) Duration: 4.5 hours (good pace with snack/photo/pub stops) Route type: Circular ridge walk Start/End point: Great Malvern train station Visiting the Malvern Hills has been on my walking bucket list ever since it appeared on ITV’s Britains Favourite Walks a few years ago. It looked like a stunning ridge […]
I’ve now skied for many in a row in Austria. As a group, we love it. We’ve done Mayrhofen, Zillertal and Flachau, so this year we thought it was about time we tried one of the big hitters – Ischgl. For those who like to research your resorts before you go, Ischgl as a ski […]
Last August a good friend of mine began raving about a ski resort in Austria called Flachau. I’d never heard of it. Speak to the average Joe in the street and they probably won’t have heard about it either. Flachau is located 1 hour South of Salzburg, with the more well known ski resorts of […]
The start of 2023 marked my 21st year skiing. A far cry from throwing myself down the slopes in Val Thorens back in 2002, this short break trip was a much more sedate affair. Ish. Welcome to my review of Chalet Mouria in Courchevel 1650. Part of the SkiWeekends catered chalet collection, Chalet Mouria is […]
The newest section of the Perranporth Saints Trail went live earlier this month (April 2023), with Perranporth now being connected to Cocks village using the old dismantled railway. The Cocks village to Goonhavern section of the trail was completed in November 2022. That now means cyclists and walkers can take advantage of the new route, […]
This post is for the Ski Safe Blogger Campaign by AliKats Mountain Holidays and Piste X Code. I randomly discovered the other day that I now have over 20 years ski experience, having skied for 19 weeks across 7 different countries. Not that I’m counting, but I did give myself a pat on the back […]
It’s not often you find a place that hasn’t really been discovered before. I REALLY wanted to keep this place a secret, but at the same time, it’s a place that is too good not to share. Let me give you the backstory. Our group of close friends and families have been expanding ever since […]
Back in 2005, when I was living in Edinburgh, I joined a couple of mates in going a long and trying out for a team that played in East Of Scotland league. That team was Ormiston. They played in what was the sixth tier of Scottish football. It was a pretty decent standard, but Ormiston […]
No country does apres ski quite like Austria. French resorts usually have a DJ set and live bands playing the usual tunes, and yeah it’s fun, but it’s no different to what you would hear back in the UK. Austrian apres ski is completely different. You ski all day, head down off the slopes at […]
