Three years on and unfortunately no new plans for a long trip. However, short trips can be fun and just as challenging, and seeing as everyone else seems to be blogging these days we thought we'd revive and re-energize our blog, so here goes........
This year's plan is a trip to Morocco (hence the new blog décor), which will include a 4-day walking trip in the High Atlas mountains together with a guide and his mule! The highest peak is Jebel Toubkal (4167 m) which is our goal on day 3 providing we don't get too bogged down with altitude sickness!
Why the fascination with mountains you may ask? Haven't we got enough outside our own front door? Is it the sense of achievement of making it to the top and taking in the view that makes all that hard struggle worth while? Or just a need to prove to yourself that you can do it even though your body is screaming "no, not again"! Who knows...
Whatever, last year was definitely a year for mountains.
We spent several days in June walking along the steep coastal paths in Cinque Terre in Italy, which proved more exciting than we had bargained for when one of the friends we were with
slipped and started hurtling off down the mountainside. Luckily, she stopped after a few meters and managed to scramble her way back up again.
In addition to several day trips close to home where we climbed Bletoppen, Gaustatoppen and Knutetoppen, we also spent some
days with friends in the Lofoten islands in Northern Norway. There we climbed Skottind, only about 700 m high, but the steepest climb we've done - straight up from the sea. The view from the top with the islands spread out below us was spectacular.
The final challenge for Fiona was Besseggen in September, a narrow humped-back ridge in the Jotunheimen mountains of central Norway, where coming down was much worse than clambering up! However, having picked the best day in an otherwise dreadful summer by chance, it was a memorable trip. 
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