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St Cuthbert’s Way

Images from St Cuthbert’s Way, a long distance footpath stretching from Melrose in the Scottish Borders to Holy Island (Lindisfarne) off the Northumberland coast. D700 + 14-24/2.8. Melrose Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian foundation, Melrose, Scottish Borders The Cheviots. Crossing Wideopen Hill on the route from Morebattle to Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders Border fence. The …

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Lofoten islands (2)

More images from my recent trip to Lofoten (see previous post here)…. Without a shadow of doubt, one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I’ll be back on the Lofoten islands (and elsewhere in Arctic Norway) next year, hopefully late winter as well as summer. Cloudy morning at Sakrisoy, near Reine, Moskenesoya, …

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Lofoten islands

A few images from the Lofoten islands, above the Arctic Circle in Norway’s far north…. Sunset on the flight to Bodo Sakrisoy, Reine and the mountains of Moskenesoya, Lofoten Islands The beach at Ramberg, Lofoten Islands Sunset at Utakleiv, Vestvagoya, Lofoten Islands Northern Lights above the mountains of Moskenesoya, Lofoten Islands Northern Lights above the …

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Northumberland coast

Just back from a few cold, wet and windy days hiking in Northumberland, working on a new Cicerone guidebook to St Oswald’s Way, St Cuthbert’s Way and the Northumberland Coast Path. On this visit I started from Alnmouth and followed the coast up to Craster, then from Seahouses to Bamburgh, and around Budle Bay (a …

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Negotiations continue between Ryanair and the Montenegrin government

More news on negotiations between Ryanair and the Montenegrin government – will flights be to Tivat on the coast (more sensible, from the point of view of most potential tourists) or the capital Podgorica (a less attractive option for most, unless travelling on business), will they be seasonal (again, makes sense for the majority of …

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