Europe Archive

  • Edinburgh’s Cost Effective Tram lines

    Edinburgh’s Cost Effective Tram lines

    Why waste billions of £s laying miles of tram lines when all you need is a few metres!

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  • The Big Knicker Shop

    The Big Knicker Shop

    Yes Ladies, you can still get them, for all shapes and sizes of bums. In a small town called Dollgellau near the Royal Hotel is a relic to the past. Ronnie Barker would have been proud to have this outlet as a compliment to his corner shop. Inside were functional clothes for all weathers and even [...]

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  • The Three Peaks finally done!

    The Three Peaks finally done!

    It took a while but I finally managed to climb all three of the mainland summits – Scafell, Ben Nevis and Snowdon (in that order). I would need to get a calculator out to approximate the number of days it took, but who cares. Anyhow, climbing Snowdon (Yr Widdfa) was relatively easy and could have [...]

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  • Campagnolo – Genius!

    Campagnolo – Genius!

    At the top of a very, very steep pass in the Feltre area is the village of Croce D’Aune. Once you’ve got your breath back and look around you’ll see locals sitting under the canopy of the only hotel left open on the pass. Also around you is a tourist office, car park and some [...]

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  • Should Munro Baggers have these?

    Should Munro Baggers have these?

    This is a typical waymark post in the Italian Alps, also seen in Slovenia, Austria and possibly all European mountain areas. You’ll find them at crossroad paths, trail start/end points; in fact, everywhere. If you get lost in these countries, you are either blind or the weather is really bad (happened to me, but [...]

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  • Magalluf

    Magalluf

    Sometimes you take a photograph and it just works on so many levels. It was Easter, just before the hordes from the mainland arrived and this was the site that greeted us after breakfast. Absolute peace with not a body in sight. Just think a week later you wouldn’t be able to see the sand. [...]

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