March 21, 2026

Southern France and the Rhône 🇫🇷 - Back on the Mediterranean

We are back in France, treat ourselves to an ice cream at a beach bar and then head up the Rhône. Saskia finishes an ordinary working day with 32.5 kilometres on the watch - and in Aubignas we find a spot you could not plan for…

View of Aubignas The medieval village of Aubignas

March 15, 2026

Valencia and Catalonia 🇪🇸 - Fallas, Fog and Farewell

In Valencia we walk into another festival we had not planned for. Afterwards we drive towards Barcelona in the best weather - except the one mountain we end up on is completely socked in with fog…

Fallas in Valencia Valencia in the middle of Las Fallas

March 7, 2026

Badlands 🇪🇸 - Marchal, Murcia and a Long Night

The landscape near Marchal is something special - and thanks to a faulty factory alarm, so unfortunately is the night. Afterwards we drive up to a viewpoint that several signs warn you about…

The badlands near Marchal

March 2, 2026

Ronda and El Torcal 🇪🇸 - Bridge, Karst and Storm Damage

We walk across Ronda twice, work our way down the path to the abandoned building, climb through a karst landscape in El Torcal - and see in the forest what the recent storms have done…

Karst landscape in El Torcal The rock formations of El Torcal

February 26, 2026

Madrid 🇪🇸 - Carnival, Mammutmarsch and a Ghost Town

We drive straight into a carnival along the way, then walk 30 kilometres on the Mammutmarsch - and Lou, shortly before her 16th birthday, simply does the whole distance…

Mammutmarsch in Madrid Thirty kilometres around the Casa de Campo

February 15, 2026

Arribes and Sierra de Francia 🇪🇸 - Vultures, Rain and La Alberca

The weather is still not on our side, but right on cue at the end of the working day it clears for two hours. Later we have to reverse through a narrow village - and then end up in a place we had not expected at all…

Griffon vultures over the Arribes del Duero Nature’s own cinema above the Arribes

February 8, 2026

Olhão and Extremadura 🇵🇹🇪🇸 - Escaping the Weather

We stay in the Faro region once more, take a boat trip through the Ria Formosa - and then bury our planned route entirely, because the weather on the Iberian peninsula simply will not settle…

Boat trip in the Ria Formosa Out in the Ria Formosa

January 30, 2026

Algarve 🇵🇹 - Cliffs, Sagres and a Storm

After the mud there is one thing we need above all: hot showers. We stay considerably longer than planned, hike the cliff coast up and down, reach the end of the continent - and then get thoroughly shaken by a storm…

Cliff coast on the Algarve The cliffs near Zambujeira do Mar

January 6, 2026

Alentejo 🇵🇹 - Three Days of Mud

It starts harmlessly enough: a hike, a workshop, a good restaurant. Then it rains all night, the gravel track transforms - and we spend three days stuck at a spot we had not considered at all…

Stuck in the Alentejo The track looks worse than it did the day before

December 29, 2025

Lisbon 🇵🇹 - Holidays in the City

We reach our destination for the holidays and stand on a proper campsite for the first time in ages. From there we explore a city where it is really only ever uphill or downhill…

Lisbon Hello Portugal, hello Lisbon

December 15, 2025

Back to Europe 🇲🇦 - A Run of Bad Luck

Leaving Morocco is hard enough on its own - and then a small series of mishaps begins, peaking on the ramp up to the ferry of all places…

On the way to Tanger Med One more run across the country

December 8, 2025

Atlantic Coast 🇲🇦 - Separate Ways, Beach and the Medina

After 17 days together the group goes separate ways. We head for the coast, have the sea almost to ourselves, finally record the room tour - and eventually find a way into the medina of Marrakesh after all…

On the Atlantic The sea almost to ourselves

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