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Over £1000 of gear on offer in Christmas Competition!

packyourbags Travel Store have launched their biggest ever Christmas Competition!
They’re giving away over £1000 of Haglofs gear, and you can enter in four different ways!
To find out more, head on over to
http://shop.packyourbags.com/xmascomp
Good luck !!

The Cape Wrath Trail photo

The latest image for the packyourbags Travel Store homepage is from Alan Bellis, and features our own Michelle Bryan!
Here’s what Alan said: “It was taken whilst i was doing the Cape Wrath trail last May, leaving Shenavail Bothy, Nr Ullapool, so why is it interesting? Well the person in the picture is your Michelle, who [...]

New travel photograph

The latest image for the packyourbags Travel Store homepage is from David Crosson.
Here’s what David had to say: “The picture, taken by my wife, shows me paddling for the first time solo in our new canoe. I’m trying to edge it for the first time, too (I didn’t fall in).
The river we’re on is the Hérault [...]

Christmas – At home or away?

The words ‘Christmas’ and ‘New Year’ evoke a festive season usually spent at home with our close family and relatives. However, these words also bring for many of us the images of Christmas preparations, shopping for presents, food, cleaning and a lot of stress that somehow doesn’t go with the ‘peaceful wishes’ on the Christmas [...]

Croatia has it all

Come rain, snow or sunshine, Croatia has it all…
Croatia, one of the former Yugoslavian republics, has certainly undergone a turbulent political past in the recent years. Although this affected its tourist industry rather negatively for a while, at present there are several reasons why Croatia still remains firmly placed on the map as one of [...]

Sunlounger anyone?

It’s summer time! The long awaited time for some serious rest and relaxation in the sun. Perhaps some of us have just returned from the sunny coast of Mallorca or Tunisia. And for some, this is time to book a holiday if you haven’t done so yet…  Leave your stresses behind and make the most [...]

New travel photographs

We’d like to thank Catherine Stewart for sending in these wonderful photos. We liked them so much, we used one of Saint Moritz as the new shop.packyourbags.com background!
If you have any photos you’d like to see featured on the blog, or even on the packyourbags site, then send them through to us at photos@packyourbags.com.

Loch Lubnaig [...]

Climbing Half Dome, Yosemite National Park

This photo was sent to us by John Turner in Fife.
John said, “I’d like to submit this photo of Half Dome. This was the third time we’d climbed it and once again it was a fantastic experience.
The ascent of the final face to the summit plateau involves steep rock that can be slick, especially after [...]