Abel Tasman Track
Golden beaches, costal native bush and mainly fine weather. This was a vacation hike, spending time on the beaches and in the water, taking it easy and testing out some new gear. Day 0 – Getting There Monday, March 6,…
Hiking
Day 7: Blackfold to Inverness
Thursday, July 14th, 2016 — 12km / 7.5miles A leisurely start at 10am for a leisurely day’s walking. The morning’s pick-up to drop me back at Blackfold was around 9:30am, and I was back on the trail at 10:10am. I’d…
Day 6: Drumnadrochit to Blackfold
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016 — 19km / 12miles. After breakfast I said good-bye to Alison – who’d arranged a taxi to take her to Inverness airport – and headed to the Drumnadrochit Hotel’s coffee shop for a latte before starting the…
Day 5: Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit
Tuesday, July 12th, 2016 — 24km / 15miles. I set off just before 9am for this, the longest leg, of the Loch Ness Round Walk. Alison decided not to walk today and to take the bus to Drumnadrochit. Probably a…
Day 4: Fort Augustus to Invermoriston
Monday, July 11th, 2016 — 15km / 9.5miles This was by far the most rewarding day when it came to views. Lessons learned about arriving too early, we again set out at the very civilized time of 10am. Turning left…
Day 3: Foyers to Fort Augustus
Sunday, July 10th, 2016 — 23km / 14.5miles This day was slightly different than the other walk days. As always, I had studied the map and terrain the evening before. Taking into account the distance and elevation gain in the…
Day 2: Dores to Foyers
Saturday, July 9th, 2016 — 21km / 13miles. That morning we walked out of our B&B before 8am and were greeted by a light drizzle and fog over the Loch. For the first few kilometers the trail veered away a few…
Day 1: Inverness to Dores
Walking around Loch Ness had been on my walking-wish list for quite some time, so I was really happy to finally get my boots on and to start this circular walk around the Loch. I again used Contours Walking Holidays to…
Lassen Peak and Shasta Bally Trail
Here are some photos of a nice weekend away. On Saturday we visited Lassen National Park. We drove around the Park and hiked to the top of Lassen Peak. Sunday we went 4WD’ing in the vicinity of Whiskeytown Lake. We…
BCNC Mt Diablo Hike – April 17, 2010.
Photos of the Hike
Mt Diablo Hike with the BCNC.
On Saturday April 4th I organized a hike on Mt Diablo for the BCNC. We hiked the Summit Trail from the Rock City car park. We set off at 9.20am and made it to the summit just before noon. After…
New Zealand Dec 2008 – Jan 2009
On Dec 19th we went to New Zealand for the Christmas Holidays; we came back home on Jan 4th. Here are some photo albums from our trip to New Zealand; this one was all about friends and family and was…
Ohlone Hike Oct 18-19, 2008
We did a 2-day hike in the Ohlone Wilderness with our friends Tory and Adrian. Here are some impressions of the hike.
Palm Springs, CA – Feb 16-19, 2007
For President’s Day long weekend we visited Palm Springs, California. We left very early on Friday morning, at 7:20am and arrived at our hotel just after 6pm. We would have been 2 hours earlier had we not gotten stuck in…