Adventures beyond the front door
When we started The Winding Trail, we knew that we wanted this to be a site where we shared the stories of our adventures in the outdoors, but also some of the people, places and spaces that inspire us. Sitting in a stone cottage overlooking the Atlantic on the Azores, we sketched out some of… Continue reading Outdoor Alternative – Rhoscolyn, Wales
As we sit down to write this piece, our friends at Coconat in the small hamlet of Klein Glien are about to celebrate their 5th birthday. And it is indeed five years since we first pulled up outside the old manor house in Brandenburg, not long after they had opened. At the time, Paul was… Continue reading Coconat – A workation retreat
Ahead of us, the mountains rose up out of the Bavarian countryside to meet the dark clouds that had gathered just above the peaks. That morning in Augsburg, the weather had been muggy. Yesterday’s clear skies and sunshine had given way to greyness; the air oppressive and close. There was a storm coming, and when… Continue reading Between the gates, before the storm – Heiterwanger See
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