You could blame Switzerland for my E4 adventure.  The first time I did place to place unassisted walking was about 10 years ago, with Chri...

Dielsdorf is the last town on Jura Howenweg and the European Ramblers Association web site doesn't really tell you how to cross 50 kilo...

Big 33 kilometre walk today with about 800 metres of climb. Hot and sticky with a bit of thunder in the air, rained a bit this afternoon bu...

The good news is the Alps haven't disappeared and if it's clear enough you can still see them from this part of Jura Höhenweg. I c...

Staying in a hotel in a Balsthal, a big hotel but it doesn't have wifi. This is a major pain because I have just finished my book and ...

Another bit of luck this morning. Had mentioned to Urgi, the guy who ran the hotel I stayed in last night, how difficult I find it sometime...

At last the mist above the Alps, which has been hanging around for the last five days or so, cleared and I could see right across the valle...

So today's walk involved a steep walk down to the town of Noiraigue and then an equally steep walk up the other side, back onto the rid...

Not sure if I got my stops right on Swiss section of the walk. I was definitely influenced by the stages described on the official web site...

I'm definitely a fan of the Chemin des Cretes, Jura Ridgeway or the Jurahohenwege or whatever the thing  I'm walking along is calle...

After the heat of yesterday, and a hot night, hot enough for a mosquito attack, the weather this morning was a shock. What I thought might...

Today was really hot - hot and sticky. According to my schedule the walk was supposed to be 28 kilometres but turned out to be only 18 whi...