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Month: January 2018

New Zealand Tramps – Tongariro Crossing

New Zealand Tramps – Tongariro Crossing

Tramping through Mordor You may have noticed that this blog went very quiet for a couple of weeks. This was because Marc and I visited New Zealand for my lovely friend Kendra (and her awesome fiancée Mitch)’s wedding. The thing is, once you’ve flown that far, you might as well go on some hikes and see the Kiwi scenery! One of the tramps (the Kiwi word for hikes) that I was most keen to try, is the super famous Tongariro Crossing….

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Snowshoeing for Beginners – Hollyburn Mountain

Snowshoeing for Beginners – Hollyburn Mountain

We had the best New Years Day ever! Marc and I were pretty relaxed on New Years Eve, but this meant we woke up full of energy on the first day of 2018. We had loads of fun on our previous snowshoeing adventure a few days earlier. So, we went out snowshoeing again, this time to the Hollyburn Mountain. The snowshoeing area, known as the Nordic area of the Cypress resort, is amazing! There are over 11 km of snowshoe…

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Learning to Ski – Whistler (& my epic ski-losing fall!)

Learning to Ski – Whistler (& my epic ski-losing fall!)

I’ve written one other post about learning to Ski on Mount Seymour. So our next adventure was a little further afield in Whistler. I did look at signing up for skiing lessons in Whistler, but they were reeeeeally expensive. So, we decided to spend the day practising what we’d learnt during our first lessons. We have more lessons booked on Cypress Mountain in February, so anything we can do to improve before that, would be great! We had a fantastic…

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Lots of Amazing UK Hikes!

Lots of Amazing UK Hikes!

Hellooo hiking fans! This is just a quick note to share an amazing post by one of my blogging friends, Becky. She has compiled a list of 22 fantastic day hikes from all over the UK. I helped the post by writing about the last section of the North Downs Way. If you live in London or the South East, you should definitely take a train and explore the route from Etchinghill to Dover! The other walks she has listed all…

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