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Day 17: We’d been warned that booking in advance throughout July and August would be wise however there was still plenty of places available at this large camping ground in the shadow of the limestone peaks at Meteora. All the usual facilities and just a short walk to the town centre of Kastriaki. We were […]

Climbing Mount Olympus, Greece - the incredible two day hike including overnight at Refuge A

Camping Apollon: The most outstanding thing about the campsite was the view, straight down to the Mediterranean Sea some 25km away.

Day 7: It was almost too good to be true that we were able to rock into Gerainger (the little town at the end of the spectacular Gerainger Fjord) late on a Saturday afternoon and find ourselves a small hut looking back into town. We were worried that arriving after lunch on a Saturday we […]

Day 6: After a long day of hiking we drove down the road to Dombas where we stayed in a basic hut in a campground just south of Dombas. Unfortunately we must have been so tired that we didn’t even note down its name, and the basic receipt we got also shed no light on […]

Day 6: We made it! Back to civilisation after a long day hiking through the Norwegian wilderness. To get there we had to climb mountains, trek through miles of snow, overcome passing gumboot wearing Swedes who giggled at our less than impressive footwear, cross a dangerous snow bridge and make it 22km back to the […]

Day 5: If the first day of the hike wasn’t so bad, we still had the second and the third to go. Today was six hours and then the homeward journey tomorow is eight hours, including a 2km section first up which will take us from 550m up to 1300m.
A highlight from today was coming […]

Day 4: Reunited with our backpacks (and having made the important realisation that you should always pack a spare pair of underwear in your carry-on luggage), we were ready to take on the world again.
But were we ready for a six hour drive northwards from oslo followed by a 14km walk around a fjord […]