This post focuses on budgeting a long-distance hike in Germany, France, Spain and Great Britain. It will mostly be interesting for hikers wi...

As this was a hike through fall and winter I had to make some adjustments to my normal gearlist. This concerned mainly two items: Qui...

There were two ideas behind this hike: Firstly I wanted to hike all across Europe from the Southernmost point Tarifa to the Northernmost po...

I had chosen the GR 7 and my little low-altitude Pyrenean detour in Spain because I had been looking for a long-distance trail in Europe th...

View from Ronda Although this last stretch was definitely a scenic one it was a bit tainted for me because of health issues. Very unexpe...

 The weather even worsened. The forecast was torrential downpours for two more days. I have plenty of time left before my flight back so I...

The GR 7 splits into a Northern and a Southern variant in Andalusia. I had chosen the Northern variant for the simple reason that it is lowe...