Coming up with a simple explanation for my route through the eastern half of Austria is not easy.  Firstly I have to explain that there are...

Frustrating day if I'm honest, now close to the Hungarian border but not quite in the place I wanted to be. I had already decided th...

Walking on your own is just different. It's not either or, and personally I like walking on my own, with Christine, with a friend or w...

Final guest blog by Christine Today, my last taste of the E4 and my last day with John till he gets back, was a day of four parts. Two we...

Given the terrible weather forecast, was keen get of the high mountains as quickly as possible so it was an early breakfast and out if the ...

Would have been perfect if we had had today's weather yesterday. The early morning sun was wonderful but instead of going up we were h...

So straight to the heart of it, a truly embarrassing navigational cock-up, embarrassing in particular because for once we were not able to ...

Great walk today, bit harder than expected, felt like it was uphill all the way, but got to the hutte in good time and the evening, as I wr...

It's a happy coincidence that all the really tough walks for Christine have been followed by something less demanding and that's ex...

Elementary school boy navigation error almost too embarrassing to mention both undermined team moral and froze communications for a signifi...

Guest blog by Christine After days of up and downs, today was a doodle. Quite a long doodle but relatively painless. We made the most of...

What goes up must come down and after yesterday's huge ascent up to the top of Schafberg today's walk was all about the long descen...

It's 10 past 8 and Christine is claiming that it's time to go to bed. Maybe we have overdone it a bit, particularly if the sighs, ...