Tag Archives: outdoors

Cool Kayaking and Island Bagging on Sweden’s Wild West Coast

Posted on August 22, 2026 by moselman

It was a welcome opportunity indeed to escape the excessive heatwaves affecting much of the European Continent this summer and to head north to enjoy cooler temperatures in Scandinavia, for a couple of weeks at least. We headed for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe Trips, In Europe, Uncategorized, Wild Places | Tagged adventure, Bohuslän Coast, kayaking, nature, outdoors, photography, travel, West Sweden, Wild Places | Leave a comment

Christmas in Canada

Posted on January 19, 2026 by moselman

Having family members based in faraway lands can be both a blessing and a curse ! While it means that social visits might be few and far between, it also provides scope for some really fun “voyages of discovery” every … Continue reading →

Posted in Mountain Treks, Uncategorized, Wild Places, World | Tagged adventure, British Columbia, Canada, cross country skiing, hiking, Kelowna, Larch Hills, mountains, nature, Okanagan, outdoors, Revelstoke, Shuswap, Silver Star, skiing, travel, Vancouver, Western Canada | Leave a comment

On an Autumn Morning

Posted on October 8, 2025 by moselman

A couple of quick snaps from an impromptu roadside stopover on the way to work, on an autumn morning… We dwell on the big themes in life (both actual and imagined) but are often too preoccupied to notice those special, … Continue reading →

Posted in In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces, Uncategorized, Wild Places | Tagged autumn, autumn colours, cultural landscapes, nature, outdoors, spirit of place, trees, woodlands | Leave a comment

Sea Dreaming

Posted on September 10, 2024 by moselman

On my recent trip to Scotland I picked up a wonderful book in Inverness called “Argonauts of the Scottish Isles” by Robin Lloyd Jones. The author is a distinguished veteran of the Scottish sea-kayaking scene, with a lifetime`s worth of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe Trips, In Scotland, Wild Places | Tagged adventure, Adventure Tourism, Arisaig, Assynt, canoeing, kayaking, nature, outdoors, paddling, Robin Lloyd-Jones, Scotland, Scottish coastline, sea kayaking, spirit of place, travel, Wild Places | Leave a comment

A Road Trip Around British Columbia’s Coast, Mountains and Forests

Posted on August 5, 2023 by moselman

Anyone who works in the environmental sector will tell you that there’s no such thing as a “proper” holiday; indeed, sitting on the beach for 2 weeks sounds to me like the very epitome of sensory deprivation. By contrast, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe Trips, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Uncategorized, Wild Places, World | Tagged BC Provincial Parks, BC Rockies, CLayoquot Sound, ecotourism, mountains, nature, Okanagan, outdoors, RV, Salmon Arm, Shuswap, Stanley Park, Sunshine Coast, Tofino, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Whale watching, wildfires | 1 Comment

Golden Autumn Days

Posted on September 27, 2022 by moselman

At the end of the summer, it never ceases to amaze me how, every year, so many folks look to the approaching winter with a sense of foreboding, quite forgetting that the most beautiful season of the year has yet … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Europe, In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged autumn, autumn colours, autumn holidays, Caledonian Pine Woods, cultural landscapes, fields, landscapes, nature, outdoors, spirit of place, trees, woodlands | 2 Comments

Wind, Waves & Wild Coast – Norway without the crowds…

Posted on July 23, 2022 by moselman

People keep telling me that Norway is overpriced, overcrowded and over-touristed – in fact, images of visitors fighting for their own tiny piece of Instagram space atop the airy and iconic Pulpit Rock by Stavanger, jostle for attention on seemingly … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Europe, Wild Places | Tagged Coast, Farsund, Lista, Maritime history, North Sea, Norway, outdoors, Scandinavia, spirit of place | Leave a comment

Snow Days

Posted on February 14, 2021 by moselman

Straight back to the present again and winter in this part of Germany can be a grey time, often without a glimpse of sunshine for days on end. Corona lockdowns, gloomy news headlines, cancelled events and restrictive lives haven’t helped … Continue reading →

Posted in Aachen & Euregio, In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces | Tagged Aachen, cross country skiing, Eifel, outdoors, Snow, snowman, wellbeing, winter | Leave a comment

Scottish Light and Land:

Posted on January 30, 2021 by moselman

There’s something unique about Scottish light and how it compliments the landforms – just like the Scottish people (and indeed people everywhere), landscapes too have their changing moods, their storms and periods of calm when they shine radiantly like the … Continue reading →

Posted in In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged Assynt, Cairngorms, cultural landscapes, Highlands, In Scotland, legends, Loch Lomand and the Trossachs National Park, nature, outdoors, Perthshire, Skye, spirit of place, Stirling, woodlands | Leave a comment

Secrets of the Wild Wood

Posted on February 26, 2015 by moselman

Like a scene from a distant lost world, the damp woods of the Inde valley between Hahn and Walheim hang with a mass of tangled ivy. Dead branches, rotten tree stumps and slippery, moss-covered rocks litter the ground, making for treacherous conditions underfoot. Ominous, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aachen & Euregio, History & Culture, In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged Aachen, ancient woodland, Blaustein, Bluestone, brophytes, Camperdown Elm, Devonian limestone, Eifel, Eifelsteig, Hahn, Inde, Konelimunster, Lime kilns, mosel, nature, nature conservation, outdoors, Raeren, saproxylic species, spirit of place, venwegen, Walheim, woodlands | Leave a comment