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Sep 30, 2021 • Every autumn, French digital marketing agency We Like Travel publishes the results of their annual social media survey of French mountain resorts and regions. The 2021 survey looked at responses from 233 destinations, including 181 ski resorts, 19 ski areas and 33 regions. Here are six of the key points we took from this year’s...
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Sep 21, 2021 • Earlier this month, Iain from Skipedia hosted the forum element of ‘Ski Launch 2021’, the annual event for ski industry professionals organised by Paddy Daly, from Paddy PR. Tour operators, destinations and journalists gathered to exchange ideas and learn best practice from the presenters. The keynote speaker was Debbie Marshall from Silver Travel Advisor, who...
On Sunday 29 August, I finished the 2021 UTMB (Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc) in 41 hours, 35 minutes and 35 seconds. That placed me in 755th place out of 2347 starters and 108th of 541 in the MV50 age category. A good result certainly, but my mantra for the race throughout had been ‘finishing...
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Aug 24, 2021 • Iain’s article about his recent four-day ‘fastpack’ of the Tour du Mont Blanc has been published at FastRunning.com: Iain travelled to France in July. ‘Fast-packing’ is hiking, but lighter and faster – it’s great training for trail running races. Iain’s trip was a recce for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc trail running race, taking...
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Aug 13, 2021 • Do you need to take Covid Travel Tests in August 2021? I know from personal experience, how daunting it can be to plough your way from website to website, trying to work out what’s required and, more importantly, what’s affordable. In the last month, I’ve taken two trips to Europe – both to get some...
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Aug 10, 2021 • Iain’s article about trail running in Switzerland has been published by RadSeason.com. In July 2021, Iain travelled to Switzerland, hiking and running his way from Sierre to Zinal, and from there to the Turtmantal, before extreme weather conditions at the Schöllijoch Pass forced him to turn around.
