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I was in the queue for the opening of the gondola lift at 9 am this morning, so by half past nine, there I was, back at the top by Kaiserberg again ready to resume the walk where I left off yesterday. It was a stiff but short climb to ascend to the obvious peakContinue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 17”

Following all of the drama of Thursday night’s storms and its aftermath, I spent Friday evening at Radenthein, before being driven to Bad Kleinkirchheim yesterday. There, I said goodbye to Brunhilde and Christian, who have been so good to me the last few days, and had a quiet day at the hotel, washing clothes, relaxingContinue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 16”

The last 24 hours has been pretty eventful, and not turned out at all how I had imagined. Never mind- all’s well and it’s a day I’ll never forget. At about 5:30 last night, when I’d been in the Erlacherhaus mountain hut for about three hours, the hot weather finally broke and it started toContinue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 15”

The morning dawned and it was another hot one. I knew today’s walk was relatively short, but also that it was almost entirely uphill. In fact things are never exactly as you anticipate. The first two or three kilometres was a mainly level, riverside walk , with a lot of it in the shade (thisContinue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 14”

I slept surprisingly well at the hut- tired I suppose- and after a hearty breakfast set off on my hike for the day, having said goodbye to my roommates of last night, Natalie and Gabby. Today was a remarkable walk. The first half was as good as anything on the trail so far- an exceptionalContinue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 13”

I knew today would see a big change from the easy lower level walks of the last week or so, as I was heading high up into the Nockberge, a range of high, grassy mountains. Tonight I would also be staying in a proper mountain hut for the first time (apart from one experience 25Continue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 12”

After a day of rest at Gmund, I set out early on my walk to Seeboden so as to avoid the mid afternoon heat, conscious that I was lucky that temperatures in Austria were forecast in the high 20s rather than a possible record breaking 40C back in the UK. The first few hours ofContinue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 11”

The rain of yesterday continued all evening and all night, and was heavy and noisy- I was woken by thunder and lightening during the night. By morning the rain had stopped, but the view from the balcony was still completely enveloped in cloud. It seemed after all I hadn’t been staying at my hotel alone-Continue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 10”

It always seems to happen to me. Don’t get me wrong, I like a bit of traditional folk music as much as anyone when I’m on holiday. But after a couple of hours yesterday evening of what sounded like a cross between a Max Bygraves tribute, oompah music, country and 70s rock, played in theContinue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 9”

Fear of a scorcher, and knowing I had two climbs ahead of me in one day, led me to start today’s walk earlier than ever, at around 8:20. As it turned out, the sun and the hot weather didn’t actually arrive until around 1 pm, by which time I’d actually finished the walk – inContinue reading “Hiking the Alpe Adria Trail: Day 8”