As is custom we start off with a new blogger that John Hee discovered called "baz's backpacking blog"

Last year I walked Hadrian's Wall Path and used a 45l rucksack, in which I fitted my kit and six days food, well the tarp tent and thermarest were strapped on the outside at the start. Unfortunately the rucksack wasn't up to carrying that kind of load - not it's fault it wasn't designed for that sort of thing. (Gear heads - it was a Berghaus GR45.)

Roman has been writing about his Via Alpina hike in "Via Alpina 2008 wrap-up: Curiosities"

You walk, you walk slow and you see things that those who rush through miss. This is one of the advantages of hiking. You actually see some of the curiosities (at least in my opinion) along the way. This is a summary of those from this year. Enjoy…
 

Martin Banfield is doing an "Italian Border Route (IBR)" which you can follow here:

As you might have guessed, we have enjoyed the multitude of wild flowers on this trip. But until today that icon of alpine flowers, the edelweiss, was missing from our list. Today it appeared - small blooms were sprouting as we passed through France, then larger specimens as we re-entered Italy. I'm sure they will now keep us company to the end of the trip.
 

The LEJOG has finished for Gayle E Bird read about their final day of walking in
 "Day 84 - Dunnet to John O'Groats"

When the 'end point' at JOG comes into view it is hardly an overwhelming sight. A collection of buildings that look less than attractive. The views off-shore are undeniably good (and the weather was decidedly fine by now) but that was the case further up the coast too.
 

Mark Alvez is out and about in New England read how he's getting on in "The walkin',day 1"

I wandered out and back on an old favorite, down Zealand Notch on a trail that was once the bed of a logging railway. Flattish and easy walking, it’s a part of the AT that is northbound, but runs almost due south.

 

"Bison Tundra 8 - a closer look" sees Chris Cowell looking at his new lavvu.

A couple of things pissed me off a bit, I had to re-tie all of the guys as they must have been hanked and then tied to the tent in the factory and were badly twisted. The other thing was the guy runners were plastic, not alloy/metal. No excuse on a tent of this price point and quality. I don't want one of those breaking on me on a windy night, because this thing could easily turn into a full sized parachute.
 

"A Day At Anette Lake" sees Sarah out on the trail.

Anette Lake at 3600 ft. Not a subalpine but rather a open wooded lake. The lake was mostly thawed out except for on the far left side. Nearly all campsites were melted out though.We took nearly a two hour break. Cooked lunch, feet in the nearly freezing cold lake. Just relaxed. Why rush?

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