Hiking
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
Hiking
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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I've been on a bit of a Norway-fest this week because I finally finished sorting through all of our holiday photos. It was no small task I can tell you. These photos are from our accidental discovery of Muséhagen, the garden of the Museum of Bergen. We had
Hiking
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
Hiking
I love the mountains. So what better place to go on holiday that a city surrounded by seven of them? Neither of us are mountain climbers; we live in Surrey and while there a lot of hills they are no way near as steep or high as a mountain. But
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Everything is looking a bit soggy at the moment, so instead of posting a garden update this week I've got something a bit more cheerful to show you. These photos were taken on our holiday in Norway last week. We were walking around Bergen and I spotted a
Norway
Norway has been on my list of countries to visit for a very long time, so you can imagine how excited I was when we booked a holiday to Bergen!! Mountains, cool temperatures and fresh air, what more could you want? It was as lovely as I'd hoped.
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I woke up a couple of Sundays ago not sure what to do with myself. I'd been waiting for a sunny day to head out with my camera so when I looked out the window and saw sunshine, I was eager to get going, I didn't
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Last weekend we headed to the Lavender Fields at Hartley Park Farm (Hampshire) with family. The lavender fields only have 4 open days in July so we made sure we visited. When we arrived we were greeted by a sea of wildflowers. This patch had poppies, wild daisies and cornflowers
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The final day of our cycling holiday and the longest journey of the 3 days. Day 3/3 * Distance: 44 miles * Route: Southampton - Farnham via Winchester * Cycle route number: 23 The weather was forecast to be hot (27c) so we set off early to make good progress before the
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The second day of our trip involved 2 ferry crossings and coastal path views. Day 2/3 * Distance: 29 miles * Route: Portsmouth - Southampton * Cycle route number: 2 After a good nights sleep and a cooked breakfast at the Britannia Guest House we were ready to go. Gosport ferry We
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When we moved into our new house we finally had somewhere to store bikes again. Since then we've got back into cycling and a couple of weeks ago Scott and I went on our first (mini) cycling holiday! Our bags contained just the essentials: snacks, water, suncream, toothbrushes
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