You know the feeling, that sinking, sick feeling when you realise you’ve forgotten to pack your expensive mountain biking glasses for your mountain biking holiday. Buying a new pair is going to cost you a fortune. We’ve been there, done that, which is why we’ve created this ultimate mountain biking holiday kit list for you.
NON AUX OURS! No to the bears! You’ll no doubt see these words spray painted on roads and on buildings throughout the central Pyrenees. It’s fair to say that the rejuvenation of the brown bear population in the Pyrenees is a controversial subject and not everybody is as delighted or excited by their presence as
I could have done with some cycling tips to beat the heat when I first started cycling in the Pyrenees. But I learnt the hard way and it wasn’t pleasant. I remember the day vividly. It took me by surprise. I’d never known anything like it on the bike. I was convinced I was going
You won’t believe how hard it has been keeping this amazing, and cute, news secret! One of the world’s rarest birds, and the world’s rarest penguin, the Pyrenean Rock Penguin (Pinguissa pyrenaicus) has successfully hatched a chick in the wild. The bird has been extinct in the wild since 1984 when the last pair of
Are you as excited about reaching the Spring Equinox and the possibility of all those summer adventures as we are? Here in the Pyrenees, it’s a special occasion as a new chapter begins. At the end of March, the ski resorts are thinking about closing and the skis get packed away for another year. It’s now
Cross country skiing is the oldest form of skiing and indeed the word ‘ski’ comes from the Old Norse word ‘skid’ which means a split length of wood. In days gone by the only means by which folk from the far North were able to move over snow-covered terrain to hunt and visit other communities
People have mixed thoughts on booking a guided holiday. A holiday that uses a guide will obviously be more expensive than going self-guided, so what are the benefits? The time factor Anybody that has planned their own overseas adventure holiday, myself included, knows just how time-consuming it is researching a potential adventure holiday destination. There
If you are new to snowshoeing you probably don’t know what to expect. But don’t worry. Thanks to our years of snowshoeing experience we have tons of snowshoeing advice we can share with you. If you’re booked onto one of our snowshoeing holidays we’ll have already recommended that you digest our ultimate snowshoeing kitlist so
Thanks to the lovely Pam Buttifant for submitting this guest blog post following her snowshoeing adventures with us last year Snowshoeing adventures in the Pyrenees Having spent two glorious weeks hiking in the warm and sunny Pyrenees a few months earlier, last January I ventured back to experience the magic that winter brings to
Don’t get caught short on your first snowshoeing adventure. Digest our ultimate snowshoeing kit list and arrive in the mountains ready for whatever your snowshoeing adventure throws at you. Snowshoe kit you don’t need to bring If you have booked one of our snowshoeing adventure holidays you are safe in the knowledge that important kit