Category Archives: Mountain Treks

Around Salzburg and Berchtesgaden

Posted on August 12, 2013 by moselman

I first visited Salzburg twenty years ago on an icy, monochrome January day. I was on a ski holiday in nearby Zell am See with an old school friend and we had opted for a day’s break from the pistes to go by train for look around the world-renowned baroque … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Europe, Mountain Treks, Urbanism, Wild Places | Tagged alpine meadows, Austria, bavaria, Bavarian Alps, Berchtesgaden, Eagles Nest, ECONNECT, Hohnensalzburg, Jenner, Kapuzinerberg, Königsee, Kehlstein, Mönchsberg, Obersalzburg, Obersee, Salzburg, Salzkammergut, Sound of Music, St Bartholoma, St Gilgen, Third Reich, Untersberg, Watzmann, Wolfgangsee, Zwölferhorn | 1 Comment

“Scotland: Landscapes and Legends”

Posted on April 24, 2013 by moselman

For anyone in Aachen and surrounding area; I’ll be making a presentation at the Volkshochschule in Stolberg on the 16th May entitled “Scotland: Landscapes and Legends”. I’ll be talking about exploring Scotland’s wild landscapes on foot and by canoe (including many of the locations mentioned on … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Europe, In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Canoe Trips, Highlands, mountains, nature, outdoors, Scottish History, sea kayaking, spirit of place, walking | 2 Comments

Setting up an Adventure Tourism Business: a case of bad timing

Posted on February 18, 2013 by moselman

Has it ever seemed like the day job is not quite enough ? For years I’d had a nagging feeling that there ought to be more to life than the 9-5 office job staring at computer screen. In some ways I was one of the lucky … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Adventure Tourism, Business, family, Green Tourism, Highlands, history, In Scotland, landscape, legends, mountains, nature, outdoors, Perthshire, spirit of place, walking | 1 Comment

Seeking the Good Life: In the Karwendel Alps

Posted on February 13, 2013 by moselman

It used to be that virtually all my “holidays” involved being on a mission of some kind or other; whether it was exploring a new part of the world by bike, going on a mountain trek or on a badly planned kayaking adventure in hostile weather conditions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Alpenpark Karwendel, Alpine trails, Alpinewelt Karwendel, Bavarian Alps, family holidays, Innsbruck, Krün, Mittenwald, mountain walks, Tyrol, Wallgau | 1 Comment

Picos de Europa: On foot through Spain’s Costa Verde

Posted on January 16, 2013 by moselman

It’s mid January and at last we’re snowbound here in Aachen after seemingly weeks of damp, mild winter weather. During these dark, winter days thoughts start turning to sunnier months spent exploring Europe’s wilder places. I’m always amazed by the sheer … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Spain, Wild Places | Tagged Asturias, bears, Cabrales, Cantabria, Costa Verde, Europe, Fuenta de, Garganta del Cares, Llanes, mountains, nature, Northern Spain, Picos de Europa, Potes, Santander, trekking, Urrieles, walking | 3 Comments

Black Forest Mist

Posted on January 3, 2013 by moselman

Aachen is buffeted by many of the same Atlantic pressure systems that also give the British Isles its renowned damp climate. These weather fronts run up against the foothills of the Eifel plateau (an easterly extension of the Ardennes) and deposit … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged Badischer Wine Route, Basel, Black Forest, Freiburg, Germany travel, Karlsruhe, meadows, mist, Rhine Valley, Sasbachwalden, Schwarzwaldhochstraße, spruce, Strasbourg, Temperature Inversion, Vosges | Leave a comment

Assynt: Winter light in Scotland’s far North West

Posted on December 18, 2012 by moselman

Journey to Scotland’s “Middle Earth” Whilst Germany is fascinating to explore for its culture, heritage and history, it’s very hard to beat the Scottish Highlands for experiencing pure, raw nature and a sense of connection with landscape and “spirit of place”. The Assynt … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe Trips, In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Music, Wild Places | Tagged Assynt, Canoe Trips, Cul Beag, hillwalking, Lewisian Gneiss, Middle Earth, North West Highlands, Scottish Highlands, scottish landscape, sea kayaking, selkies, spirit of place, Suilven, Torridonian sandstone | 2 Comments

Getting the Children Back into the Woods

Posted on October 10, 2012 by moselman

On Nature Deficit Syndrome and how to avoid it: “I want to climb the mountain with YOU Daddy…”, my 4-year-old daughter Zoe urged determinedly as I gazed upon the inviting summit of Herzogstand somewhere off in the bluey middle distance and mentally put myself … Continue reading →

Posted in Aachen & Euregio, Family, In Europe, In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged Aachen, bavaria, environmental education, families, In Scotland, nature, outdoors, parenting, travel | Leave a comment

A Wrong Turning in the Bavarian Alps

Posted on October 3, 2012 by moselman

It was one of these all too rare occurences these days; a child-free day alone to explore the dramatic Bavarian Alps in solitude and tranquility. Martina, my partner, had offered to look after our 2 young children and I was allowed out; unleashed to rediscover the … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Mountain Treks, Wild Places | Tagged alps, bavaria, Karwendal, Ludwig II, mountains, nature, Soiernseen, walking | 1 Comment