The trail from Schynige Platte to First via the Faulhorn is known as the “best day hike in Switzerland”. In September 2022 I set out to find out if this was true.
As I write, we're approaching the end of the first week of the Community Rail Network's 2023 "days out by rail" campaign. The theme for week one is "wonderful walks", so I thought I would share 12 of my favourite walks that you can do straight from the station platform.
The Glacier Express and Bernina Express routes are amongst the world’s great railway journeys as well as bucket-list items ticked off by many thousands of people every year. I’ve written a piece to tell you why you shouldn’t take those trains.
I spent a few days in the west country with a brief stopover in Worcestershire, using the “Freedom of the Severn and Solent” rail rover… but why don’t rail companies promote their rover tickets?
Every country has a north, and you don’t get much more north within the United Kingdom than Westray in the Orkney Islands. I took a hike to Noup Head to explore the rugged beauty of Westray’s north-west coast.
