Fri, 08 Jan 2016

• Grand Canaria
• Lisbon
• Tenerife
• Lanzarote
• Europe
• Mediterreanean
• 82000

Beryl Waghorn spent Christmas and New Year on one of our Cruise & Walk holidays to the Canaries, where visiting a new island each day combined with carefully graded walking made for an excellent alternative to festive over-indulgence and the British weather!

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Fri, 08 Jan 2016

If you want to up the pace a little when you’re walking, instead of increasing the length of your stride (and maybe causing some damage), increase the actual number of steps you take.

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Fri, 08 Jan 2016

• Switzerland
• Europe

We arrived in Zernez for our skiing trip in the freezing dark and walked from the station to our hotel, wondering when we’d arrive. Suddenly, there it was: beautifully floodlit with lights in the trees, a welcoming sight typical of the place that would be our home for a week.

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Fri, 08 Jan 2016

• United Kingdom
• Europe
• 70000
• 70003
• 70004
• 70007
• 70005

With winter approaching, and thinking of warmer weather, I wanted to tell everyone about 18 lucky Ramblers who enjoyed a great week at the stunningly located Hassness House on the banks of beautiful Buttermere in the Western Lake District.

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Thu, 07 Jan 2016

• Tenerife
• Canary Islands
• Spain
• Europe

The highlight of this cruise and walk holiday (apart from the excellent company and superb food on our Ship Balmoral) was the walk on Mount Teide on Tenerife. Whilst in the Canaries we were blessed with beautiful warm sunny days without a cloud in the sky (at least where we happened to be).

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Thu, 07 Jan 2016

However, we can’t stress how important it is to wear the right gear when you’re going for a long hike – too many people have made the mistake of just throwing on shorts and a t-shirt!

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