Another setback

June 26, 2025 Uncategorized
25th June, 2025 After our last post on Sunday, I (Rob) had a sleepless night with a lot of bowel discomfort, to the point where we decided in the morning to backtrack a couple of miles to a road crossing and try to get to a nearby town with a…

Weeds and brambles

June 23, 2025 Uncategorized
June 22, 2025AT mile marker 438.9 to 457.9Hiked today: 19.0 miles / 30.6 km When we were hiking in New Mexico, it seemed that we rarely had any internet, but now, on the AT, we seem to get both phone and internet reception intermittently. With good internet access this morning,…

Everything is so green

June 22, 2025 Uncategorized
June 21, 2025AT mile marker 420.3 to 438.9Hiked today: 18.6 miles / 29.9 km We slept well in the comfortable cabin at Black Bear Resort and were up before 7, ready for breakfast at the cafe. With full stomachs we set off, first with a short ride down the road…

Back on the trail – 2025

June 21, 2025 Uncategorized
June 20, 2025Near AT mile marker 420.3Black Bear Resort If you have been following our blog of our hike on the Continental Divide Trail (CDT), you will know that due to me (Rob) getting some asthma symptoms, we decided to stop at the Colorado border after completing the New Mexico…

Off trail

April 29, 2022 Uncategorized
Day 32: April 29, 2022AT mile 416.0 to 420.1Hiked: 4.1 miles / 6.6 kmAT miles hiked to date: 19.1% Well, after much consideration overnight, having heard that Jo is not improving as quickly as hoped, we made the difficult decision to leave the trail and return home to support her…

Third Breakfast!

April 28, 2022 Uncategorized
Day 31: April 28, 2022AT mile 395.3 to 416.0Hiked: 20.7 miles / 33.3 kmAT miles hiked to date: 19.0% We started hiking this morning with full bellies (the 3rd breakfast was as good as the previous 2) and full hearts (knowing that Jo was in good hands – good doctor,…

Second Breakfast

April 28, 2022 Uncategorized
Well, the plan was to head out this morning but having heard news from home that one of our kids was sick, we decided to stay here an extra day and night to see how things were going at home. With really wonderful help from good friends, neighbours and of…

Nero at Mountain Harbour

April 26, 2022 Uncategorized
Day 29: April 26, 2022AT mile 392.3 to 395.3Hiked: 3.0 miles / 4.8 kmAT miles hiked to date: 18.0% The forecast rain did not arrive until mid morning but by that time we had already walked the 3.2 miles from our camp-site to the Mountain Harbour B&B, which we had…

Farewell North Carolina

April 25, 2022 Uncategorized
Day 28: April 25, 2022AT mile 377.1 to 392.3Hiked: 15.2 miles / 24.5 kmAT miles hiked to date: 17.9% We wake when the sky first lightens at around 6:30 and after a quick breakfast of either muesli or a Granola bar we pack up the tent and set off. This…

Into the Roan highlands

April 25, 2022 Uncategorized
Day 27: April 24, 2022AT mile 358.0 to 377.1Hiked: 19.1 miles / 30.7 kmAT miles hiked to date: 17.2% Last night we were camped in a pine forest the floor a carpet of springy moss. It was cool but not cold and we woke refreshed. Initially the trail was a…