Category Archives: Wild Places

Amongst Scotland’s Ancient Caledonian Pinewoods:

Posted on April 26, 2020 by moselman

One of my favourite places to be in the World must be Scotland’s ancient Caledonian Pinewoods. Although now reduced to a few remnants, these distinctive forests used to cover more extensive tracts of the Scottish Highlands. In the words of … Continue reading →

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South Tyrol – “Slow tourism” without the crowds:

Posted on March 23, 2020 by moselman

South Tyrol, or Südtirol, is certainly in the news at the moment, but sadly for all the wrong reasons, with Northern Italy particularly suffering the brunt of the corona virus infection. However, last summer we spent a couple of magical … Continue reading →

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Canadian Rockies – Winter Before Lockdown

Posted on March 15, 2020 by moselman

Hello again ! It’s been a while since I posted anything on “Off the Beaten Track” and so I just thought I’d first give a quick update for anyone who has followed my stories here previously (before going on to … Continue reading →

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Around the Tannheimer Tal & Pfronten

Posted on January 14, 2019 by moselman

Gosh, it’s surely one of winter’s bleakest days – dark oppressive skies, rain in sheets, impending Brexit doom and no light at the end of the tunnel; meanwhile the Allgäu, where we recently spent a few happy snow days over … Continue reading →

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Far over the Misty Mountains Cold…

Posted on January 8, 2019 by moselman

Sometimes you get some of the best experiences when you’re really not looking out for them; such as these photos which were taken out of the window on a scheduled flight over the Alps from Milan to Dusseldorf, late on … Continue reading →

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The Final Mile

Posted on June 13, 2018 by moselman

  Usually (if I get around to it at all), I write and share pictures about places, people and travels; however today, just for a change, I thought I would put a post about Runrig, a celtic rock band from Scotland that I’ve followed for … Continue reading →

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Under Hebridean Skies

Posted on June 6, 2018 by moselman

Ok, so it’s not that Germany lacks nature: there are broadleaved forests galore, meadows, lush river valleys and of course the wonders of the Alps, the Black Forest and the Bayerischer Wald. But somehow, in Germany, nature can sometimes seem just a … Continue reading →

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Land of lakes, rocky coasts & endless forests:

Posted on April 17, 2018 by moselman

I’d never been to Scandinavia, until last summer that is, when we spent two wonderful weeks in a rustic, weather-boarded, retro-style, summerhouse set amidst lakes and forest, just a little to the East of Gothenburg. Although plenty of doomsayers warned us about the summer plagues … Continue reading →

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In the Höhe Tauern

Posted on July 15, 2017 by moselman

Time flies.. although it seems like yesterday, it’s almost a year ago now since we spent an interesting couple of weeks exploring the Pinzgau region of Austria’s Salzburger Land, a mountainous area which includes part of the Höhe Tauern range of the Central Alps. Höhe Tauern National Park is one … Continue reading →

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Winter in the Vulcan Eifel

Posted on January 2, 2017 by moselman

When you think of the Earth’s great volcanic regions, you tend to think of places like Pacific NW America, Indonesia, Iceland or the Aleutian Islands; Germany, by contrast, certainly isn’t a location which naturally springs to mind. Despite this, as little as just 10,000 … Continue reading →

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