Creating memories through travel and adventure
January 23, 2022
Blea Rigg is in the Langdale area of The Lake District. In his book, Mr Wainwright details three different ascents up Blea Rigg and the most obvious it seemed, was via Stickle Tarn. This is the route we decided to… Continue Reading…
December 23, 2021
Teignmouth to Dawlish Warren sees us back on the South West Coast Path. It feels as though we’ve been cheating on our beautiful coast path walks with the moodier but equally as handsome Dartmoor. Perhaps a reflection of our personal… Continue Reading…
December 20, 2021
Our aim was Black Tor, taking in Hart Tor along the way. However, one of the things we love most about the moors is that you can design your walk as you go along. This walk gave us a plethora… Continue Reading…
December 11, 2021
Hamel Down on Dartmoor sees our return to walking in Devon. It’s good to be back on the blustery moor, getting totally windswept and losing a couple of layers of skin as it rips across our faces. It’s also great… Continue Reading…
November 20, 2021
Memories and photos of Lenno are all the inspiration we need to bring a little bit of Italy back into our life. Lenno is a little further down from our usual Lake Como “hood” and we had two reasons for… Continue Reading…
September 18, 2021
Bellagio is often referred to as the pearl of Lake Como. It could be to do with the fact that it is situated in the cup of the upside down “y” of Como’s shape, Or it could be that it’s… Continue Reading…
September 9, 2021
Most people pass by the area from Musso to San Vito. They drive into a tunnel just after Dongo and pop out again 4km later in San Vito. In between is a quiet patch of 2 small villages, little traffic… Continue Reading…
September 4, 2021
Our mountain rustico, although 1150m up from Lake Como, is officially in the commune of Gravedona ed Uniti. Therefore this makes Gravedona our “local” town (it takes 30 minutes to drive down the mountain to get there, but hey). As… Continue Reading…
August 24, 2021
I love skiing, but in the absence of snow, Les Arcs is totally set up for hiking (and biking). This includes the use of the ski lifts and gondolas to remove some of the “up” (also for the bikes…downhill only,… Continue Reading…
