This site has blogs from Brian and Martina’s trips in the great outdoors but mostly our longer walking trips. We have done 4 multi-month hikes in the USA over the years and there is a blog of each here.

Backpacks in the US South West including Hayduke 2014 and in 2022 !

Continental Divide Trail 2009

Pacific Crest Trail 1998

Plus lots of other stuff including Canada, Alaska, Britain and the rest of Europe and further afield including Austria, Spain, Jordan, the canyons and desert of south west USA…There are some sea kayaking posts too. You can see all of these from the menu, search bar or scroll through by year by clicking the box below…

We stay in the village of Fortrose, Scotland near to the highlands, home of some great mountains, coastal and island scenery which we regularly visit including climbing, camping, sea kayaking, hiking and a bit of sheep farming as well. The photos link on the menu has plenty from both Scotland and abroad.

You can contact us at briansolar1atyahoodotcodotuk Thanks for looking

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Devon 2026 South West Coast Path

by aweewalk, posted in Backpacking, Cornwall, Devon, South West Coast Path

Brian did this approx 100 mile section in southern Devon solo backpacking from Plymouth to Exmouth. The scenery continued to be really pleasant with the Devon coast perhaps being a bit softer than Cornwall and with more holiday homes and caravan sites. But it still had some wilder cliff top hiking and lots of deep … Continue reading Devon 2026 South West Coast Path

Outdoor trips by year

by aweewalk, posted in Alta Via 2, Backpacking, Climbing, Day walks, Rock climbing, Scrambling, Sea kayaking, Via ferrata

Here’s a list of many of our overnight trips over the years along with some of the more interesting day trips (links to photos or blogs where marked)…. Search Clear Year Loc Activity Name 2026Sep Scotland Hikes Mull Iona 2026Sep Scotland HikesCycling Raasay 2026Sep EnglandDevon Backpack South West Coast Plymouth Exmouth (blog) 2026August Scotland HikesCycling … Continue reading Outdoor trips by year

Three Splendid Backpacking Routes in Capitol Reef

by aweewalk, posted in Backpacking, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

This blog covers three of our backpacking trips in 2025 and 2026 in Capitol Reef National Park in southern Utah. It would be possible to link these together but due to weather and time contraints, we did three seperate trips. “The Reef” is a long thin national park that follows a geological feature called the … Continue reading Three Splendid Backpacking Routes in Capitol Reef

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