Trek & Travel Blog — Staff Treks

Camp Food, Glorious Camp Food!
by Jemima Over 17 days this past August I completed an end to end solo hike of the Larapinta Trail, which I felt was an ideal opportunity to test a...

Training Tips for the Kokoda Trail - The Ultimate Collection
Now, for the first time ever, all collected together in one volume, we present the full series of Training Tips for the Kokoda Trail by staff member Dan Slater! Watch...

Man vs 'Roo - Will dukes it out on The Great South West Walk
by Will Wood. Kangaroo - A fluffy creature embedded within Australia's national Coat of Arms. Adorable. Hops like a rabbit and breeds like one too. But most Australians know that they can...

The Camino Frances According to Jemima, Part V
by Jemima Headlam Ambasmestas to Santiago de Compostela, 7 Days, 171 km Leaving the mini town of Ambasmestas, my belly full of heavy homemade German bread packed with grains, seeds...
Staff Adventures: Oliver's Real-Life Kozi PLB Rescue
Within the world of adventure activities everyone understands that there is inherent risk involved, but we usually think in the beginning that ‘it will never happen to me’. I would...

The Camino Frances According to Jemima, Part IV
by Jemima Headlam Leon to Ambasmestas, 5 Days, 143 km I’d had my fill of fancy Leon with its exceptionally good meals, its magnificent cathedral and gatecrashing the occasional uni...
We Walk the Walk - 20 Products we used last weekend at Barrington Tops
Here at Trek & Travel we're proud of the fact that we don't just sell the gear we stock - we buy it and use it ourselves on our adventures...

The Camino Frances According to Jemima, Part III
by Jemima Headlam Burgos to Leon, 7 Days, 229km I left you last time on the concrete march into Burgos. The direct route is along the highway, enjoying the sights...

Seven Lessons learned from hiking in the Alps with no equipment
by Elin Delmar It was the summer of 2014 that two friends and I decided to go hiking in the French Alps for a couple of days. It was a...

The Camino Frances According to Jemima, Part II
by Jemima Headlam Estella to Burgos, 8 Days, 172.5 km If there is one thing NOT TO BE MISSED on the Camino Frances it is the Fountain in Estella from...
The Camino Frances according to Jemima, Part I
by Jemima Headlam SJPP to Estella, 5 days, 114km [It’s hard to write about an 800km trek in a short blog post. Nobody, not even my mum, wants to hear...