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On New Year's Eve eve, we semi-reluctantly emerged from our Christmas cocoon of chocolate, cheese and glowing tree lights. Time to get some proper exercise! It was a pretty epic day to be in the forest though because the fog was incredibly thick. Then the sun started to
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Mount Esja was the one that almost got away. Every morning we checked the weather forecast, it was too wet and windy to hike safely. So we held off, hoping we would get a chance. Thankfully the weather took a turn for the better on our last day in Reykjavík!
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Heiðmörk is a nature reserve on the outskirts of Reykjavík. Getting to Heiðmörk from the city centre was actually very easy without a car. I've put the bus information at the bottom of this post in case anyone needs it for their hike. Source: Reykjavík Loves After getting
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Nesjavellir is a geothermal area near the Hengill volcano (Southwest Iceland) and is home to Iceland's second largest geothermal power station. The land is a mixture of mountain terrain, lava rocks, mud pots and boiling springs. Out of all our hikes, these trails were our favourite. Our feet
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On day one of our trip to Oslo we hiked around Nordmarka — a forest in the Northern region. Our starting point was Frognerseteren (1539ft) and from here we walked 40,000 steps/20 miles through snow covered pine forest and frozen lakes, all the way down into Oslo centre (17ft)
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On Saturday Scott announced there would be fog on Sunday until 11am (he's not psychic, he has a fancy new weather app) and suggested we go for a walk. My first thought was the forest! We've lost the ability to have a lay in even at
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I was going to start this post with an apology for yet another Lake District post. But I'm not actually sorry; I want to show you all what a beautiful place it is! We stayed in Keswick for a few days before moving on to a picturesque village
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When we arrived in the Lake District our walking boots didn’t have time to gather any dust. After a long hike the previous day, we were back on feet again heading up Latrigg. That morning we worked out our route on an OS map and made a quick pit-stop
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Scott and I are back from a short break in the Lake District. We hadn't had time off since February (when we visited Stockholm) so we were pretty desperate for some time out. Saturday morning I jumped on a train and 5 hours later I arrived in Keswick.
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Saturday was a perfect weather day. It was bright and sunny but absolutely freezing. The sort of cold where even your nipples are afraid to come out. The sun was just warm enough to take the chill off the air without melting the frost. The shade felt arctic. Some of
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I've saved our biggest holiday hike until last. Ulriken. At 643 metres above sea level, it's the highest of the seven mountain surrounding Bergen. Our hikes up Sandviksfjellet and across Fløyen and Rundemanen were a good warm up and we were ready for this beast. The
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After our hike up Sandviksfjellet we were hungry for more adventure. Our second hike started on Fløyen, one of the seven mountains surrounding Bergen city centre. We picked up essential supplies (sandwiches and cake) from Godt Brod and boarded the Fløibanen funicular. It only took about 5 minutes to whizz
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