Hiking and walking
Main image: Birkhouse Moor, Lake District, Autumn 2024
Blog posts about hiking and walking
On Spiez Hill
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Walking through the woods and vineyards in the town I have called home for 25 years.
Winter walking
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Walking isn’t about expansive vistas and big mountains, but the intricacies and moments of the place in which you find yourself.
A calmed soul
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Getting away from a digital career to let the wind blow through the gap between my ears.
The easy way is often better
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Abandoning a walk to Hohgant (again) for the sake of a more enjoyable afternoon.
The Wainwright Fells
214 of the fells (hills and mountains) in the English Lake District are described in Alfred Wainwright‘s seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. The books, featuring wonderful hand-drawn illustration and the authors’ own experiences of the many hiking routes, remain the definitive walkers’ guide to the region.
I’ve been visiting the Lake District since the 1990s and after taking up hiking in 2010, the Wainwrights have become my favourite destination; even trumping the wonderful and breath-taking routes I walk at home in the Swiss Alps.
Red Tarn from Glenridding via Birkhouse Moor
In all of the years of visiting the Lake District, I’ve always pondered Helvellyn, but a hike in autumn 2024 was the first time I’d seen it up close.
Silver How, Swinescar Pike and Lang How from Grasmere
A wet and cold walk to a small Wainwright fell in January 2019.
Low Fell from Thackthwaite
A gentle autumn walk to wonderful views across Lorton Vale and Crummock Water.
Arnison Crag from Patterdale
The third of our slightly soggy hikes in the English Lake District in autumn 2022.
Interesting links
STI Excursions
Walks and hikes suggested by the Spiez-Thun-Interlaken bus company, which are accessible by their public transport services. Website in German.
Scotland’s Best Wee Hills
Sometimes you don’t have the energy or time to slog your way up one of the great iconic giants of the Highlands. Some of Scotland’s best-loved hills are the smaller peaks, often more accessible, full of character and offering equally spectacular views. Here’s our pick of 16 of the best wee hills around the country… some widely famed and celebrated, others virtually unknown, but all under 600m high.
