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Spot Check: Livigno – An MTB destination of contradictions

From the motley bustle to complete silence: At over 1,800 m you can shop duty-free in the midst of many three-thousanders, enjoy mountain bike trails at every skill level and inhale endless amounts of outdoor excitement. We started the explorer mode and looked for the less known corners of the plateau – and found them!

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Adventures for two – The first multi-dayer with my daughter

‘Deep breaths. In, out, in, out. Just keep pedalling, whatever you do, don’t stop.’ Like a broken record I repeat the instructions to myself, a mantra to get up the steep and seemingly never-ending incline. I hadn’t quite envisioned such suffering as we’d headed on this two-day ride together. Just me and my four-year-old daughter in tow, our first bike excursion. Me desperately trying not to tip her over, and she, on other hand, loving every minute of it.

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More Than The Angels’ Share: A pilgrimage to Islay hunting for Scotland’s most iconic whiskies

I scrunched up my eyes, trying to find any point in the room that was not spinning. Smiling calmly at the Lagavulin distillery tour guide, inside I was locked in a fierce battle with sobriety. Already six drams into my Islay whisky pilgrimage this was proving to be a proper bike packing adventure.

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Dolomiti Paganella Bike: Flow trails at the foothills of the Brenta Dolomites

The markers denoting action heroes aren’t easy to define, but there’s something in how we feel right now that sums it up–lights up, camera roll, it’s time for action. The trail shoots us out onto a fire road and we give a final tug on the brakes. That descent, filled with pure movie-style sections and awe-inspiring views of the Brenta mountains, had been something else. Today was clearly going to be one of those days with a decent tally of high fives – for young and old.

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The Mountain Biker’s Guide to Scottish Bothies

Are you planning a trip to Scotland? Have you heard of bothies, Scotland’s secret mountain huts scattered throughout the highlands? No, well in that case we’ll let you into a secret but shhhh.. don’t tell anyone.

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