Showing posts with label E5 Walk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label E5 Walk. Show all posts
Monday, 6 August 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 29 - Arbon (398m) to Constance (395m)

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Rain splattered against the shutters as we rose for yet another lavish breakfast. At the time it looked as if our 'walking in rain'...
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Sunday, 5 August 2012

E5 in reverse - End of Phase 5 - End of Trek

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Here we are in Constance, in the sun as usual, after a successful five weeks and two days on or near the E5. A great trip. Today's repor...
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E5 in reverse - Day 28 - Rheineck (399m) to Arbon (398m)

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Winding down? It didn't really feel like it! With no proper break for two weeks, and in temperatures consistently approaching 30C, the...
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Saturday, 4 August 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 27 - Dornbirn (450m) to Rheineck (399m)

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How often do we walk 24km in a day, with zero ascent. I can't remember the last time, or indeed whether it has ever happened. But it d...
Friday, 3 August 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 26 - Lingenau (685m) to Dornbirn (450m)

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A fine day in the Vorarlberg, if rather hot. Overnight road noise and mossies at the Adler were more than compensated by its fine breakfast...
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Thursday, 2 August 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 25 - Staufner Haus (1600m) to Lingenau (685m)

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Another tough day. We enjoyed a leisurely start after chatting to Timo and Lydia and their children, eventually leaving Staufner Haus after ...
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Wednesday, 1 August 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 24 - Gunzesried (889m) to Staufner Haus (1600m)

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Possibly the toughest day yet, starting with an 800 metre climb to a long ridge that Sue has likened to a knife edge version of the South Gl...
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Tuesday, 31 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 23 - Oberstdorf (814m) to Gunzesried (889m)

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A semi rest day. We savoured a lie in, then the most delicious breakfast of the trip so far, featuring smoked salmon, scrambled egg with bac...
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Monday, 30 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 22 - Kemptnerhütte (1846m) to Oberstdorf (814m)

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Although the light in the matratzenlager went on at 6am, people were slower to move than the previous night, so it was well after 7am before...
Sunday, 29 July 2012

E5 in reverse - End of Phase 4

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We are now enjoying a brief rest in Oberstdorf after a fairly energetic seven days. The gemischter Brotzeitbrett (pictured) that we enjoy...
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E5 in reverse - Day 21 - Memmingerhütte (2242m) to Kemptnerhütte (1846m)

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After a reasonable sleep in our full dormitory for 15 (thankfully the windows stayed open), and after queuing for some time for breakfast (e...

On Holiday in the Lechtaler Alpen - Day 3 Hanauer Hütte (1920m) to Memmingerhütte (2242m)

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We woke to a perfect 'blue sky' day (the early morning view from our bedroom window is pictured), and were soon up and enjoying brea...

Dremel-Spitze (2733m) from Hanauer Hütte (1920m)

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Here's a view from tonight's dinner table. We arrived through the 2434 metre gap to the right of the mountain. The small white blemi...
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Saturday, 28 July 2012

Technical Problems

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Hello, I am up to date with postings, some of which have been resent. They are getting the Blackberry tick, but they aren't getting thro...
Friday, 27 July 2012

On Holiday in the Lechtaler Alpen - Day 2 Württemberger Haus (2220m) to Hanauer Hütte (1920m)

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A fabulous mountain day which exhausts my (albeit limited) vocabulary of superlatives. I'd thought of returning to this area many a time...
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Thursday, 26 July 2012

On Holiday in the Lechtaler Alpen - Day 1 Memmingerhütte (2242m) to Württemberger Haus (2220m)

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Despite its imperfections we got to quite like Memmingerhütte, especially when treated to extra coffee after breakfast by Manuel. We'd s...
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Wednesday, 25 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 20 - Zams (775m) to Memmingerhütte (2242m)

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(Based on Sue's diary entry) We enjoyed a leisurely start to a hard day. Breakfast at 8am, a quick supermarket visit, and we were on our...
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E5 in reverse - Day 19 - Braunschweiger Hütte to Zams - the reconstructed text

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Here's a reconstruction of what was previously inadvertently deleted. Braunschweiger Hütte, reached via a steep pull past whistling marm...
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 19 - Braunschweiger Hütte (2759m) to Zams (775m)

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Sadly, today's carefully crafted entry was inadvertently deleted just as it was being sent, so a briefer version will follow later. I...
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Sunday, 22 July 2012

E5 in reverse - Day 18 - Sölden (1500m) to Braunschweiger Hütte (2759m)

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After our most agreeable holiday in Sölden, we enjoyed another of Erika's (sorry, spelt wrong yesterday) breakfasts and headed off to th...