To be honest; ever since we started this hike we have been having the discussion about the definition of a picnic. For now we have come to the conclusion that living outdoors for a year might be the worst starting…
We slept in today, and went for breakfast at the Barnsley Markets. Mark was hungry, so we needed to get a pre-breakfast before I could talk to him again 😅. We did our shopping, repairs and laundry. Luckily, our appartment…
Weather: ☁️☁️🌧️🌧️☁️ Food: 🥪🥪🥪🥪(4 out of 5, surprise 2nd breakfast and indoor lunch on track today, while we thought there would be no cafe’s today!)Track: 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 (3 out of 5, nice trail along the river and through some towns. Great…
Weather: ☁️☁️🌤️🌤️☁️ Food: 🥪🥪🥪🥪(4 out of 5, surprise cafe at our 750km point for 2nd breakfast and a good place for lunch in Penistone!)Track: 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 (4 out of 5, beautiful trail through the Pennines, into a railway trail, along some…
Weather: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪(5 out of 5, a real snack track today with nice little sheds that sold food for both 2nd breakfast and lunch!) Track: 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 (3 out of 5, nice trail along the river and through some towns.…
Weather: 🌤️☀️🌤️☀️🌤️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪(3 out of 5, first picnic with fresh food, nice company, but need to work on our location!)Track: 🇬🇧🇬🇧 (2 out of 5, sometimes confusingly signposted trail with a lot of straight old railway line along spring forest…
Weather: 🌤️☀️🌤️☀️🌤️Breakfast: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪 (5 out of 5, french toast and eggs Benedict heaven!)Track: 🇬🇧🇬🇧 (2 out of 5, not to well signposted out of the city, and overall not the most inspiring trail. some parts were really nice though!)Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺…
We slept in today, and tidied up our gear explosion in the room before going out…😅 We have a great breakfast at Moose café, where Mark has such a hard time choosing that he has the waitress pick her favorite…
3 Special mentions: – The train manager on the Holyhead – Chester train, for his understanding and kindness. – Dan, the priest we met at the Liverpool train station, who gave us a welcoming feeling in England!– Our hiking barista…
Weather: ☁️🌧️🌈🌤️🌈🌧️🌈🌤️ 2nd & 3rd breakfast: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪 (5 out of 5, coffee and sausage roll/ croissant first and at second stop a salmon bagel!) Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️ (4 out of 5, enjoyable walk along the river into the city, so much…
Weather: ☀️🌤️🌤️☁️🌧️Picnic: 🌯🌯🌯 (3 out of 5, nice grassy spot with sunshine to dry out the tent, still no special treats..)Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ (5 out of 5, cool and pretty, enjoyable walk, well maintained tracks, surprisingly ‘wild’ next to the city)Memorable:…
Weather: ☁️🌤️☁️🌧️🌈 🌤️Picnic: 🌯🌯🌯 (3 out of 5, nice grassy, sheltered spot with some sunshine, no special treats though..)Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ (5 out of 5, cool and pretty, well maintained tracks, amazing views, great summary of our hike in Ireland in…
Weather: 🌫️ ☁️☁️🌤️☁️Lunch: 🍳🍳🥯🥯2nd breakfast + elevensies in Glenmalure lodgeTrack: ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ (5 out of 5, nice tracks, amazing views, lovely forest, a lake and an old monastery!)Irish wisdom of the day: Coffee is good, coffee and whiskey is betterDiner: 🍲🍲🍲🍲🍲…
Weather: 🌤️🌤️☁️☁️☁️Picnic: 🌯🌯🌯 (3 out of 5, reasonable spot, slightly sunny, lunch with wraps and bananas!)Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️ (4 out of 5, nice tracks and roads, beautiful views, lovely forest and a hut at the end!)Reward of the day: 🍺🔥 finding…
We slept really well, and no alarm at 6 every once in a while is quite nice too! We got ourselves a healthy breakfast from the supermarket, got to do some chores and resupply and went for a late lunch.…
Weather: 🌤️🌤️🌬️🌤️🌤️Picnic: 🌯🌯 (2 out of 5, reasonable spot to dry out the tent, lunch with leftover wraps and hardkeks)Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️ (4 out of 5, nice tracks and roads, beautiful views and a surprise pub!)Milestone: 500 km!Hidden gem: the Dying…
Weather: ☁️🌤️🌤️🌧️🌤️Picnic-moment: we found a bench for picnic, but there was also a sign saying: ‘Food’ towards the pub 🤔😋Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️(4 out of 5, nice tracks and roads, beautiful views and nice villages)Letdown of the day: the 9 stone row…
Weather: ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️Picnic: none, 2nd breakfast + lunch in towns along the way!)Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️(4 out of 5, diverse tracks and roads. The part along the river with de locks was especially nice!)Campsite: ⛺⛺ (2 out of 5 sort of flat and…
Weather: 🌤️🌧️🌤️🌧️🌤️🌧️Picnic: 🌯🌯 (2 out of 5, ok and dry, until the hail started falling..)2nd lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 4 out of 5 sandwiches; good bacon and brie toasti at Woodstock arms bar, in InistiogeTrack: ☘️☘️☘️(3 out of 5, nice trails, a…
Weather: ☁️☁️🌧️☁️🌧️🌬️☁️Picnic: none, unexpected indoor lunch in Mullinavat while waiting for the rain to stop)Track: ☘️☘️(2 out of 5, 30 km all tarmac roads. Not that interesting)Campsite 1st attempt:⛺🌬️ (none out of 5, bumpy, too small and almost got blown…
Weather: ☁️☁️🌤️🌤️🌤️Picnic: 🌯🌯🌯🛋️🥤, (4 out of 5 wraps, with a good bench, riverviews and a drink from the shop nearby!)Track: ☘️☘️☘️(3 out of 5, nice walk along the river)Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺🏰 (3 out of 5, flat, dry and overlooking a castle!…
So we slept in today! And had a no-oats breakfast! Although I’m now getting tired of the noodles more than of the oats this time… We went for a resupply at the big Tesco’s outside of the city, where they…
Weather: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Picnic: none, but good lunch at the bike cafe in Clonmel! Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️(5 out of 5, beautiful and diverse scenery, good roads and tracks through the countryside and forest!) Hotel: 🏨🛌🛌🛌🛌 (4 out of 5, good beds great…
Weather: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Picnic: 🌯🌯🌯🏛️ (3 out of 5, in the sunshine, sitting at the Liam Lynch memorial) Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️(5 out of 5, beautiful and diverse scenery, good track and trail, lovely grassy lanes through the countryside!) Fun fact: were in…
Weather: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Picnic: 🌯🌯🌯🧱😴 (3 out of 5, in the sunshine, sitting on a brick wall and even time for a nap!) Track: ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️(5 out of 5, beautiful and diverse scenery, lovely waterfall trail, great countryside and tough but rewarding…
Weather: ☁️🌤️☁️🌤️🌤️Picnic: none, but great lunch at Hanna’s cafe in Fermoy (2 out of 5, nothing special but on a bench!)Track: 👟👟👟🌳🌲🌳 (hikable on the road and then lovely forest tracks!Happy moment of the day: Mark has new shoes!Sad moment…
We wake up after a really good night of sleep. Great soft beds, and so level! Breakfast is served by a few very lovely ladies who take pride in not letting us leave the table hungry 😅. We use the…
Weather: ☁️☁️🌧️☁️Picnic: 🌯🌯🌯 (3 out of 5, dry, nice spot along the river)Trail quality: 👟👟👟👟(4 out of 5 for really walkable, because the track and road were good)Best part of the trail: Trail at Fermoy next to the river!Useless part…
Weather: ☁️🌧️☁️🌧️☁️Picnic: 🌯🌯 (2 out of 5, nothing special)Traction on track: 👟👟👟👟(4 out of 5 for really walkable, because the track and road were good)Exceptional thing: first day on trail with dry shoes (apart from the rain)Campsite: ⛺⛺ (2 out…
Weather: ☁️🌤️🌧️🌤️☁️Picnic: 🌯🛋️ (2 out of 5, nothing special but on a bench!)Traction on track: 🍌🍌🏊👟👟👟(2 out of 5 bananas for a bit, then 1 out of 5 swimmers because a portion of the trail was very wet! And further…
Weather: 🌤️🌧️☁️🌤️🌨️🌧️☁️Picnic: 🌯🌯(2 out of 5, nothing special but good to have lunch!)Traction on track: 🏊👟👟👟👟(1 out of 5 swimmers because the trail parts was very wet! And further on 4 out of 5 for really walkable trail, because the…
Weather: 🌧️🌬️🌬️☁️🌬️🌧️🌬️🌬️Picnic: 🌯 (1 out of 5, in a sheltered bit of boggy forest in a windpark)Traction on track: 🍌🏊🏊🏊(1 out of 5 bananas and 3 out of 5 swimmers, because the trail was transformed into river most of the…
After a great long sleep we wake up to the scent of freshly baked bread. This makes it hard to stay in bed for too long 😅! We get up and first reorganize the room a bit, and then go…
Weather: 🌧️☁️☁️🌥️☁️Picnic: none, but good (though late) lunch in Baile Bhuirne with fresh bread and goodies!Traction on track: 🍌🍌(2 out of 5 bananas for a bit, then 👟👟👟👟👟 5 out of 5 for speedy walking, because most was paved road)Styles…
Weather: ⛅☀️🌤️☀️⛅Picnic: 🌯🌯🌯🌯 (4 out of 5, great spot, sunshine and the best public toilet in all of Ireland!Traction on track: 🍌🍌(2 out of 5 bananas for a bit, then 👟👟👟👟👟 5 out of 5 for speedy walking, because it…
Weather: ☁️☁️🌧️☁️☁️Picnic: none, but great toasti’s at Gigi’s in Glengarrif!Traction on track: 🍌🍌🍌🍌(4 out of 5 bananas for the first 6 km, then 👟👟👟👟👟 5 out of 5 for speedy walking, because all was paved road)Trail depth: deepest step was…
Weather: ⛅🌥️🌬️☁️☁️Picnic: 🌯🌯(2 out of 5, wraps behind a rock, sheltered from the wind)Traction on track: 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌(7 out of 5 bananas, we might need a new scale…)Trail depth: deepest step was 30 cm deep in mud. Deepest hikingpole about 50…
Weather: ☀️🌤️☀️🌤️☀️Picnic: 🌯🌯(2 out of 5, wraps in the sun while drying the tent)Traction on track: 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌(6 out of 5 bananas, slippery as f..k)Gear destroyed: 1 hikingpole, broke after sliding down in the mudCampsite: ⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺ (5 out of 5, sheltered…
Wind: 🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️🌬️ (6 out of 5)Picnic: 🌯🌯(2 out of 5, wraps in a sheltered spot)Traction on track: 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌(6 out of 5 bananas, slippery as f..k)Transportation: 🥾🚠Name of followed trail: Beara way We woke up because the tent was bending down…
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