THE GREEN HILLS OF BUSSACO FOREST Coimbra is nestled in amongst the hills of central Portugal, surrounded by rural hamlets, farms, and national parks. It’s a beautiful part of the country rich with hiking destinations and opportunities to get back to nature. The Portuguese royal family liked it […]
POETRY & PROSE OF THE LAKE DISTRICT Today was our final day in the Lake District and we made the most of it by spending a bit more time on the water cruising around Lake Windermere, and a whole lot more time hiking up and down fells. Needless […]
A PERFECT SUMMER’S DAY IN LAKELAND Yesterday’s sullen skies turned into rain overnight; the clouds disappeared once they’d dumped their load of water on northern England however. This meant that, whilst we fell asleep to the pitter patter of raindrops, we awoke to brilliant blue skies and glorious […]
WATERFALLS, FAIRY GLENS & FOREST TRAILS Snowdonia National Park is one of the most popular hiking destinations in Wales, which is why we’re here! We arrived this morning after a short train ride from Conwy and headed straight out to explore the area around Betws-y-Coed, the village we’re […]
MIDORI SPLENDOUR OF SHIRATANI UNSUIKYO For our last day on Yakushima island we decided we needed to soak in as much of the island’s magnificent midori* vistas as we could. The best place to do this is up in the mountains, so we went back to the Shiratani […]
Wandering Soles 