• Outdoors

    Ben Loyal

    It’s been a frustrating summer. Since my last hike back in April (which was incidentally the first one this year) I haven’t managed to climb any Munros. Every day-off has been affected by unfavourable weather. So when the forecast this time round was genuinely promising I got really excited. The best day was to be in the Far North and…

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    The ‘Nordic Walk’ Blue Trail

    My previous walk was to be the last one during this year’s holidays. Yesterday I went out for a short stroll in the evening, and decided to follow the circular ‘Nordic Walk’ blue trail, crossing and running along the river Bóbr (Beaver). I hadn’t had any plans to describe it as it’s short and seemingly unattractive. However while walking I…

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    The ‘Nordic Walk’ Red Trail

    There isn’t a plenitude of tourist trails around my home town. Those few of them I’ve already bagged but one; something classified as a nordic walk, marked with red signs. Only recently I’ve discovered that the trail I’d rather despised is actually pretty long (30 km) and by its sheer length demanding enough. I decided to give it a go…

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    Castle Szczytnik

    Sunday was the last day my friends and I spent in the town of Polanica Zdrój. We were to head back home after lunch, so our walk had to be relatively short. Our chosen destination was Castle Szczytnik, about 4 km away. We started at the front of our accommodation and went up the tarmac road for about 5 minutes,…