When cycling had stopped, the full outdoor lifestyle came to a halt as well. Yet desperately wanting to be out in nature there needed to be other outlets. That is not always easy to combine as the mindset has troubles adjusting: from a home base to try grasping that fleeting living-outside-having-no-home lifestyle. It has been some trying and searching, situations regularly and suddenly changed and having a steady base, walking seems to be best for now.
Hiking Italy
Matera
Since we planned to go to Italy this town was number one on my list ‘to-go-to’. It fulfilled more than I expected. Of course, it is not about the town but the walk to and out of it. Post 4
Madonie
Short hikes are like hand-made Italian bite-size pieces of sweetness. They mix the feelings of contentment and desire into a ball of perfectness Post 3
Parco dell’Etna
I figure out some facts about walking around the Etna on a trail called Pista Altomontana. The North side being the most dramatic, I start a little above Randazzo. Post 2
Maiella National Park
Italy has me seeing the country from a different angle but I also soon notice the high level of restrictions. Yet a nature that captures me at once. Post 1
Hiking Andalusia
Not on a camino but my own trail: I walk how I feel like and carve my route on the spot. Six weeks long through Andalusia, Spain from Malaga to my absolute favourite landscape Desierto de Tabernas
Tabernas to Órgiva
A trip is a success when there’s no longing to get back home. Only when all the elements are in alignment, it makes you want to walk on and on and on… Until I reach Geo in Órgiva again. Last post
Abla to Tabernas
My absolute favourite landscape and the only desert in Europe. Small, but while on foot, it becomes huge and very accessible. My experience about the rapture of beauty and a homeless in a desert. Post 3
Órgiva to Abla
When does a journey become one? Certainly not when just away from home but when feeling at home when not being there. When at ease and not thinking nor missing certain aspects of home one is truly traveling. Post 2
Malaga to Órgiva
The little escapes become a bit bigger. I feel they have to as to avoid the gloomy Hungarian winter. It could not have been better. Post 1
Camino Santiago de Compostella Portugal
A 6 week walk has plenty to talk about, even if the surroundings are not overwhelmingly inspiring: a long walk does refresh and renew. A series of posts to give my impressions a place, not rushing from albergue to albergue but standing still a lot.
Caminho Portuguese Ponte de Lima to Porto
I am not walking from auberge to auberge, instead try to enjoy all around. And when beautiful scenery finally arrives, I turn 180 degrees and walk back where I came from Post 4
Caminho Portuguese Coimbra to Ponte de Lima
Rewarded with more rain, the focus is on the locals. Something Geo wished for and I not, we now gulp it in and the walk becomes a game between dodging pilgrims and seeking locals. Post 3
Caminho Portuguese Fátima to Coimbra
Monsoon season in Portugal was something Geo and I were unaware of. But here’s flaunting in the rain for you, with Fátima as a highlight. Post 2
Caminho Portuguese Lisbon to Fátima
Feb. 2024 It is exciting, new, challenging and something we do together. A very long quest with arrows. Together we’re going to walk more or less 600 kilometers. Post 1
Trips Together
Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 2024: Geo and I set off together and I will cycle back home from Međugorje onward.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 2024: The longer you get into a self sustainable lifestyle, the more difficult it gets to leave the abundance behind. Luckily I get rewarded by an incredible beautiful off road route!
Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 2023: Back in the nineties Geo was a special advisor for police force in the aftermath of the Yugoslavian war. Geo wants to show me the places he lived, worked and spend his time. I am fully in: off to Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Spain
Walk with trailer
April 2019: I set off with Geo’s trailer and explored the near surroundings of the place we live now, pulling a cart.
Backpack walk
September 2019: After lunch at an Indian restaurant Geo suggested me to walk back home, a 60 kilometer distance.
Holiday Málaga
December 2022: Does an old fashioned vacation works when you have embraced the farmer’s lifestyle? Let’s see if I can hike somewhere warmer.
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Hmmm I like that shot of you walking with your trailer. What a beautiful scenery. By the way do the trailer wheels wider track cause any problems for you? I mean that they would be hitting the edge of the thinner tracks as you walk as they are wider than human foot tracks.
Hi,
Indeed, and unfortunately, the wheels are only good for tracks wide enough. The airless wheels are sturdy but do not allow you to go on the very narrow trails. It is more designed for designated walking trails, which are wide enough.
Therefore, this trailer confines in a way…
Greetings Cindy
Hmmm, I thought so but was hoping the wheels just made it into the “path”. They do make single wheel trailers for that reason but I think then you spend time balancing the trailer with your hands. I wonder if that is more tiring than it’s worth. Maybe it can be modified to bring the wheels closer together enough to track your feet better but not need constant balancing. Just a thought. It’s good to see you out walking. No reason to always be taking the truck when walking is available. Great time to think, stitch, read and or just admire nature. Happy being in nature 😀
I have seen the single wheel trailers on Facebook too. I also wonder if that make sense? I have found out, when you can carry the backback, then carrying is the best and most handy to move. Unless you need more water and food… but then, the trailer is so heavy, and I could not make much kilometers nor go on the paths I wanted.
We are hardly driving with the truck. We take it to a quiet place nearby since we need to work, almost daily in summer high season. That’s why I could not go out and walk.
In fact, driving is rather stressfull ; )
I fully agree: walking is perfect to think, admire, stitch and read when wanting to carry a book ; )
Happy walking
Thank you! I recently made a fantastic hike. It was probably more fantastic afterwards though ; ) But it SO refreshed me. I hope you have these outlets too : _
Have a good day
Cindy
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