Adventure Travel Blogs

I hope that when I go on a cross-country skiing holiday, the snow will be at my Austrian resort, not in the UK preventing my car from being driven to the airport.  When I went to Pertisau in 2009, the snow melted in Austria, but was dumped on the UK.  There are so many risks with a skiing holiday: Strikes by cabin crew, air traffic controllers, airport staff, terrorist action which does not bring down your plane, but causes the authorities to panic, illness particularly the flu you can get fro...

Hi! My husband and I are booked for this trip  in April, and are really looking forward to it.We would appreciate any tips/advice from anyone who's done this trip- we've been to India before, so are aware of the poor standards of hygiene and poverty. Look forward to hearing from fellow travellers.  ...

Last weekend we had a great three days with colleagues from Exodus.   I tuned up their cross-country classic and skate skills (good luck Chloe with the Engadine marathon in March).... obviously the group was the best ever!    Conditions were great.  On the third day we snowshoed.    Tomorrow it's off to the airport to pick up the first group:  Mont Blanc winter highlights.     This afternoon Elaine (my wife) and I sneaked a few hours on the Chamonix Olympic x-country slopes.  ...

So this is it, the training has begun.....In under 3 months I will be taking part it one of my biggest challenges to date - the Engadine Ski Marathon. 26 miles of cross-country skiing along with 13,000 other contestants!

I'm typing this from Chamonix where I have come with some of the team from work to start my training. We have had a great day on the slopes with beautiful sunny skies and are now relaxing in the Chalet Savoy with a glass of wine. I'm slightly exhausted after trying to ...

Tonight I have been researching my trip whilst my partner watches a sci-fi film. Can't understand why he doesn't want to come with me. It looks amazing, I'm so excited I might burst before I go....