Slow travel journal

Places worth the long way round

Six trips we keep coming back to. Swipe through, and the story in the middle opens up.

A winding road through green hills under a wide sky
Highlands

The long way round is the point

Four days on single-track roads, with a paper map and no fixed plan for lunch.

Read the route
Mountain lake reflecting pine trees and snowy peaks
Alpine lakes

Where the water holds still

An early start, a cold swim and a whole range doubled in the reflection.

See the lakes
Clear turquoise water washing onto a pale beach
Coastline

A week that ran on tide tables

We planned every day around low water and never once missed a sunset.

Read the story
Sunlight falling through tall trees in a dense forest
Old forests

Quiet is worth the detour

Trails where the loudest thing is your own boots on the path.

Plan the walk
Snowy mountain ridge under a sky full of stars
Night skies

Staying up for the stars

A ridge camp above the cloud line and the clearest sky of the year.

Read the night log
Travel notebook and coffee on a wooden table
Field notes

How we plan a slow trip

Our checklist, the three apps we keep and the one rule about rest days.

Get the checklist