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Top 5 Rest Days on Walking Trails

We’re often asked to recommend places to enjoy additional days along many of the long distance trails that we offer, so we thought we’d share with you our favourite places to enjoy extra

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Top 5 Tips for walking a Long Distance Trail

If you’re planning to walk one of our long distance trails this year then you might find our “Top 5 Tips” a good way to help you prepare. We often receive feedback from our many

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New Office and New Staff

There's been some recent changes to the Absolute Escapes office location and personnel in the past few weeks.The past couple of years has seen us out-grow our existing office, so we were delighted to
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Work for Absolute Escapes - Operations Assistant Required

Absolute Escapes is an ambitious and specialist tour operator, offering imaginative and unique travel experiences to our clients from around the world. Established in Edinburgh in 2004 we specialise

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St Oswald's Way - walking packages now live

We have now added packages for our 3rd new walking trail for 2012 - the St Oswald's Way.This 97 mile long distance walk starts at Lindisfarne on Holy Island before following the stunning
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West Highland Way Tips

One of our clients from last year who walked the West Highland Way has now completed her Blog of her walk. This not only includes a description of her walk, but some very useful tips for future
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South Downs Way & Pembrokeshire Coast Path

We're delighted to announce that the first 2 new walking trails for 2012 are now live on our website.You can find details of our new packages for the South Downs Way by clicking here and the
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Client's Holiday to Scotland

We're delighted that many of our clients write to us after their holiday has ended to let us know how they got on. We're always pleased to hear about their trip, where they went, what they thought

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New Long Distance Walking Trails for 2012

As this year's walking season will be coming to a close next month we've now decided on the new long distance walking trails we'll be adding for 2012. After careful consideration we've decided to
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Fly Direct to the Highlands from Amsterdam

The new Flybe route from Inverness to Amsterdam has now been up and running for a few weeks which is great news for our Dutch clients looking to fly direct to the Scottish Highlands.

Flybe are flying

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Slackpacking the West Highland Way

We'd like to thank one of our recent clients, Karen Chambers, who has sent us this link to her Blog on her walk along the West Highland Way - very entertaining reading !Karen walked the route in 7
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A Perfect Island Escape

We’d been trying to arrange our first trip to the Hebridean Island of Colonsay for a few years now as we have plans to add this to our range of Island Escapes.

With a population of just over

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Edinburgh Military Tattoo packages still available

We still have tickets available for this year's Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The tickets are included in our Tattoo packages for the late night fireworks performances each Saturday in August - a truly
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UK Walking Map Added to Website

We've now added a map of the UK showing the locations of all of the long distance walking trails that we offer in Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales.

So, if you've ever wondered where the
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Skiing in Scotland - the best conditions for years

Scottish Skiing is enjoying the best snow conditions for 14 years. With the early Winter snow before Christmas providing a great start for all of Scotland's ski resorts this has continued into January
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North Uist featured on BBC Countryfile

BBC's Countryfile dedicated a whole programme to North Uist in the Outer Hebrides on Sunday night - some fabulous scenery and a great feature for the island. You can catch it on the BBC website by
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New for 2011 - Walking Holidays on the Borders Abbeys Way

We've now added our 6th new Long Distance Walking Trail for 2011 to our website.The Borders Abbeys Way is a 68 mile circular walking route from Jedburgh through the wonderful countryside of the
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Client Photos on Facebook

We've recently been sent some fabulous photos from Paul Kassenberg, one of our clients who walked the West Highland Way this year.

We've posted these on our Facebook page, which you can access by
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Walking Holidays in Wales now available

We've just added our first Walking Holiday in Wales to our packages for 2011.

The Offa’s Dyke Path is a popular National Trail which stretches 177 miles from the Severn Estuary near Chepstow
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Cumbria Way Walking Holidays now available

Our new walking holidays on the Cumbria Way have now been added to our website.

The Cumbria Way is an exhilarating walk which traverses the stunning Lake District National Park and provides an

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Walking Holidays on the Cotswold Way for 2011

We've now added walking holidays on the Cotswold Way to our website.

This is our 5th long distance trail in England, and runs 102 miles between the beautiful market town of Chipping Campden in the
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Special Offer - Book by 30th October at 2010 Prices

We're delighted to offer a very Special Offer for October. Book your walking holiday for next year by the 30th October and you will only pay 2010 prices.Our 2011 prices will be
effective from the

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Walking Holidays on the Kerry Way in Ireland

We've now added walking holidays on the Kerry Way to our website.This is our 2nd long distance trail in Ireland, after the Dingle Way went live earlier in the week.The Kerry Way is Ireland's oldest
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Dingle Way Walking Holidays for 2011

We've now launched our walking packages for the Dingle Way.The beautiful Dingle Way is situated in the south-west of Ireland, and follows the Dingle Peninsula for 111 miles. It combines everything
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New Walking Holidays for 2011

We're delighted to announce that we're adding 5 new long distance trails to our walking holidays for the 2011 season.We'll be offering our first walking holidays in Ireland, with packages on the Kerry

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West Highland Way joins the Appalachian Trail

The West Highland Way has been named as the first
European leg of the International Appalachian Trail (IAT). The existing trail
runs over 2,178 miles from Georgia to Maine and the plan is to
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Edinburgh named Best UK Destination

Edinburgh has been named the Best Destination to Visit in the
UK by the Trip Advisor 2010 Travellers Choice Awards. The Isle of Skye, Loch
Lomond and the beautiful island of Islay also in the Top
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Follow in Monty's Footsteps

If you've been inspired by Monty Hall's Great Hebridean Escape on
the BBC then why not follow in his footsteps with one of our self-drive
packages to the magical Outer Hebrides.An 8-day
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Monty's Great Hebridean Escape

There's some spectacular coverage of the Outer Hebrides being shown
on a BBC series at the moment called "Monty's Great Hebridean Escape".
If you've missed the first 2 episodes you can catch up on
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West Highland Way in May - Package Available

Due to a cancellation we have a Premium package available for the West Highland Way in May.The dates are the 1st - 8th May 2010 and the route is itinerary WHW2 as featured

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Absolute Escapes on BBC Radio Scotland

We were featured on BBC Radio Scotland on the Saturday morning Out of Doors Show last weekend.

Andy was interviewed by Euan McIlwraith for a special section on walking the West Highland Way.
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Walking Holidays Photos

Photos from our England and Scotland Walking Holidays now on Facebook

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Walking Holidays in England

We've now added our new Walking Holdiays in England for 2010.

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Special Offer - 2009 prices in 2010

Book any Walking Holiday by the 24th December and only pay 2009 prices

Kintyre Way - Scotland's newest long distance trail

Kintyre Way is Scotland's newest long distance trail. Check out the Kintyre Way page for full details of what this fantastic walk can offer.

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Escape to the Highlands this Winter from £ 450.00 pp

Escape to the Highlands this Winter from £ 450.00 pp. Check out the Escape to the Highlands page for all the details.

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