The decision is made: we are carrying on north. Along the way we hike across four suspension bridges, reach the one place in Norway I absolutely wanted a photo of - and then a landslide closes the road…

Mission accomplished

Quite how big the staircase actually was got carefully kept from me beforehand. Afterwards we drive one of Europe’s best known coastal roads - and finally stop in a city we had previously only ever driven past…

Over 3,000 steps

After two weeks in the workshop we are finally back on the road. In the Pinzgau we take on three big hikes straight away - and over the Gerlos Pass we reach our last pitch in Austria…

The Krimml Waterfalls

We had meant to stay a few more days in the Rhône valley, but it is pouring. So we cover ground instead - and on Lake Lucerne end up trying winter camping more or less by accident…

Time for a new flag

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…

The medieval village of Aubignas

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…

The rock formations of El Torcal

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…

Thirty kilometres around the Casa de Campo

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…

Nature’s own cinema above the Arribes

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…

The cliffs near Zambujeira do Mar

We drive for hours through the largest olive monoculture in the world, haul Mammothon up a climb of more than 20 percent, hike the Caminito del Rey - and end up staying at MAN considerably longer than planned…

Olives as far as you can see

We want a bit more solitude again, so we drive up a valley that gets narrower with every kilometre. At the end Mammothon stands almost alone - and Saskia’s circular route turns out to be considerably more sporting than expected…

At the end of the valley you can only continue on foot