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...Hannigan attempts to untangle the region’s history, identity and culture — from King Arthur to Poldark — as he hikes from the River Tamar in the east to his family home near Land’s End....
...Days begin with yoga and meditation, followed by monastery visits, picnics, biking and white-water rafting along the Zanskar and Indus rivers, and of course walking....
...Several times a week during the winter season, up to eight people will board an inflatable raft at Bönigen, on the shores of Lake Brienz, then float out onto the lake and down the River Aare to Interlaken...
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...Travelling along its length — by foot, boat, canoe, bike and more — Tobias Jones profiles not just a river but a country, from ancient history to contemporary environmental challenges....
...The town’s roadside trash and breeze-block buildings quickly gave way to beautiful natural scenery, the road tracing the line of a rushing river of startling blue snowmelt, sometimes looping around the slopes...
...Those in England have access to just 8 per cent of the land, writes Hayes, and swim in only 3 per cent of rivers. This manifesto “is not an incitement to break the law, it is a call to change it”....
...Tom Robbins was a guest of the Berghaus Zallinger (zallinger.com)....
...Published 54 years after his first travel book, this latest is no cushy retirement project but a 3,000-mile journey tracing the Amur River along the border of Russia and China....
...The other is to figure out a way to get on a sailboat and sail down the East River and . . . Matt Vella Mmm. Like you’re contributing to the sailing. Or you’re just a passenger?...
...As late as the 1990s, logs from Trysil were being floated down the river to market, decades after the rest of Norway had abandoned the technique....
...It’s next to the river [Thames], has great schools, and the train from Clapham Junction suits Victoria’s commute.”...
...Tom Robbins is the FT’s travel editor Data visualisation by Keith Fray Follow @FTLifeArts on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...Tim Robbins, my former partner, would say, “Why? I never travelled as a kid.” I’d say, “I rest my case.”...
...The lane twists, rises and falls as it traces the young River Teign, suddenly plunging into the shade of old oaks....
...Decathlon has a range of inflatable canoes that can be carried in a backpack, meaning you can hike to a remote river or lake, or take them on the train to your start point....
...Finally, we turned inland, following the Firtina (literally “storm water”) river up a deep wooded valley....
...Next year, the plan is to travel to Wyoming, rent two llamas to carry their supplies, then head deep into the Wind River Range on a two-week wilderness camping and climbing trip....
...Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder and Edward Abbey all worked as lookouts, and Norman Maclean drew on his experience as a lookout in A River Runs Through It....
...story was popularised by Jon Krakauer’s 1996 book Into the Wild and Sean Penn’s 2007 film of the same name, prompting others to attempt to visit the site despite the dangerous crossing of the Teklanika River...
...Follow the river past Unilever’s headquarters, with the barristers’ chambers of Temple on one side and, across the river, the Oxo Tower and then the National Theatre....
...The Thinking Traveller has villas to rent nearby; for travel information, see italia.it A surprise in Santorini Tom Robbins We went to Santorini in October for a family wedding that had been long-planned...
...It has two distinct sides: the west, where the beaches are sandy, dramatic and cliff-backed, and the gentler east, where the Helford river snakes through forested creeks....
...“It’s normal to go rafting on the Isar [river] at the weekend, hiking in the Alps or picnicking on one of the lakes.”...
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