Corsica’s GR20 North, the videos – a demonstration of decrepitude

April 23, 2025 Trip reports corsica, france, gr20, long-distance trails, mountain films, trekking 0 Comment

There is a moment in your life when you start reminding yourself of your dad. For me that happened earlier this month while I was editing Edita’s videos of myself trekking the GR20. It wasn’t a pleasant realisation.

Corsica’s GR20 South, the videos – trekking ‘Europe’s toughest trail’

March 26, 2025 Trip reports cicerone guides, corsica, france, gr20, long-distance trails, mountain films, trekking 1 Comment

It’s that special time of year when you get to see more of my amazing videos. A full eighteen months ago, Edita and I had the great pleasure of trekking the GR20, the infamous long-distance trail along the spine of the mountainous island of Corsica.

I asked Microsoft Copilot to give me a route description for Corsica’s GR20…

December 20, 2023 Humour chatgpt, corsica, france, gr20, guidebooks, long-distance trails 2 Comments

You wouldn’t believe what happened next! It’s that time of year again, when I delve into the wonders of modern technology and ask AI (that’s artificial intelligence, not insemination) to help make sense of the world’s great mountain questions.

The Spasimata Slabs: the day I nearly died on Corsica’s GR20

December 6, 2023 Trip reports cicerone guides, corsica, corsica aventure, france, gr20, long-distance trails, self-guided walking, via ferrata 2 Comments

The weather had been good for the best part of two weeks, but the rain gods were preparing for the last dance. We were about to cross the Spasimata Slabs, the most dangerously exposed section of the trek, and we were going to cross them at the worst possible time.

A surfeit of scrambling: walking Corsica’s GR20 North

November 22, 2023 Trip reports corsica, corsica aventure, france, gr20, long-distance trails, self-guided walking 1 Comment

When I signed off the last post, I was enjoying a delicious pork rosti and a pichet of vin rosé at a palatial hotel tucked away in the forests of Corsica. How on earth did I prise myself away from that luxurious setting and get on with the hardest section of the GR20?

Rosé, ridges and laricio pines: walking Corsica’s GR20 South

October 25, 2023 Trip reports cicerone guides, corsica, corsica aventure, france, gr20, long-distance trails, self-guided walking, the natural adventure 2 Comments

I’ve known about the GR20 for over 20 years, but it slipped to the back of my mind as I focused on peak bagging in the greater ranges. I sensed that long-distance hiking in Europe was something I would enjoy later in life. I guessed I must have reached that stage now.