Twelve
A line of friends sitting on a wall, seen from behind.

Twelve people, one van, and the whole itinerary published before you pay us anything

See the four trips
A coastal village stacked above a harbour.

Twelve is the number a van holds

Not a marketing figure. It is the number of seats, and it is why we cannot squeeze two more on when friends ask, however much we would like the money.

A cathedral square in bright light.

Every hour of it is on the page

Where you sleep, what is included, what you pay for yourself and which two afternoons have nothing planned. Nobody should find out on day three.

Four trips a year, and they do not change

Dunes running to the horizon.

The desert one

Nine days · March · twelve places
Four nights under canvas, four in guesthouses

Two long driving days at the start and then almost none. The walking is easy and the heat is not; we start at six and stop at eleven.

£1,480, flights not included

A harbour city at dusk.

The island one

Seven days · May · twelve places
Ferries, two islands, one very small hotel

The least strenuous thing we do and the one that sells out first. Two afternoons are deliberately empty because the second island deserves them.

£1,240, ferries included

Mountains under a clear sky.

The mountain one

Eight days · July · ten places only
Hut to hut, one bag carried for you

The hard one. Five to seven hours of walking a day with real ascent, and the only trip we will turn people down for.

£1,620, huts and half board included

Wooden boats moored on still water.

The slow one

Six days · September · twelve places
One village, one house, no van after day one

We drive once and then stop. Walks from the door, a cook three nights out of five, and nothing at all in the diary after four o'clock.

£980, everything except lunch

Sand ridges in low light.

Before you book

Paying
£200 to hold a place, the rest eight weeks before. The deposit is refundable for a fortnight after you pay it, no reason needed.
Single rooms
There are four on each trip and they cost £180 more. If you want to share and do not know anybody, we will pair you and tell you who beforehand.
Flights
Not included and not booked by us. We will tell you which flight the transfer meets and which one is too late.
Fitness
Stated honestly on each trip. For the mountain one we will ask what you have done recently and we have said no eleven times in six years.
Insurance
Required, checked at the airport, and we will not make an exception. Bring the policy number written down, not on a phone with no signal.
If we cancel
Below eight bookings a trip does not run. You get everything back within a week and first refusal on the next one.