December 8th Start&Finish: The weather: Outfit/Equipment: Crowds: Map: Time: 5 hours hiking, from Start&Finish: Nishiagano station to Agano station. The route we were following led to a bus stop but we decided to walk rather than wait for the infrequent buses. The weather: Cold and sunny. Outfit/Equipment: warm hiking trousers, tshirt, long sleeve top, vest, […]
November 10th Start&Finish: Nishi Agano station to Agano station The weather: Overcast with occasional bursts of sunshine. Outfit/Equipment: Long sleeve top, tshirt, warm outdoor trousers (from workman), light down vest, hat. Map: This is the route we were supposed to be following. Crowds: A few hiking groups around but we only seemed to meet at […]
October 27th Start&Finish: Agano station to Higashi Agano station. The weather: High Low Outfit/Equipment: lightweight trousers, t-shirt, hat, sunglasses, but starting to get a bit chilly in the shade. Map: We followed this course. Well, we tried anyway. Crowds: Crowds: Not a soul to be seen Time: We started hiking at 9 and got back […]