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WildTide August 15, 2019 Outdoor Adventures

Climbing Mount Triglav, Slovenia 2864m Part Three

After leaving the Dom Planika in Part two we had just over another vertical metres to climb before reaching the summit. After not long of leaving the mountain hut the track quickly turned to scramble. There were chains and pegs which were really helpful over certain sections. After climbing up with the aid of chains the exposure got more severe, cable followed the more challenging parts of the route and it was best to start using the via ferrata gear.…

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WildTide June 23, 2019 Travel

Climbing Mount Triglav, Slovenia 2864m Part One

Mount Triglav with a height of 2,863 metres (or 9,395 ft) is the highest mountain in Slovenia and in fact the highest in all of the Julian Alps. It is so famous in Slovenia that it even features on the countries flag! Milan Kučan, a former Slovene president, once said that every Slovenian person to climb Triglav at least once in their life. We were staying in Lake Bohinj and there was even a monument there for the first four…

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WildTide April 25, 2019 Reviews

Lifeventure Kibo 42 RFiD Travel Backpack Review

During the Easter break I took a little roadtrip up to Pembrokeshire in Wales. The trip started down in Cornwall and we drove ‘up country’ for a few hours before making a stop off in Bristol for one night. We arrived at the hotel and carried our luggage up to the room. I had decided to take the new Lifeventure Kibo 42 RFiD Travel Backpack on this multi-day – multi-location trip to test it out. The Kibo 42 RFiD Travel…

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WildTide March 5, 2019 Travel

The UK’s Best Drives and Road Trips

My favourite place to drive is easily the mountains in either Snowdonia or the Lake District. It takes hours of quite boring A-road and motorway driving to get to these areas from my home in Cornwall. As you start to approach them after ages in the car, the excitement starts to build. The terrain begins to get more and more interesting, trees and large hills fill your view until eventually you get your first peek at a mountain peak. I…

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WildTide January 10, 2019 Travel

Cool Things You Must Do in Florence, Italy

After an awesome time in Venice, we made our way by train to Florence. I really like the Italian rail network as it is very quick and easy to use. The journey from Venice to Florence takes only about two hours and the views out of the windows are great too. If you are in Italy I really recommend you adventure around by train and explore more than one location. Ponte Vecchio Florence One of the most famous…

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