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Cliff Calderwood is a travel writer living in rural Massachusetts. He writes extensively about New England where he has lived for the last 29 years with his family and dogs, and a bunch of animals in the woods that have a lot more right to live there than he does - but he watches out for them.

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New Hiking Resource on the Net

October 24th, 2008 • Filed Under

Hiking Cafe Site Image Short post today.

Readers of my blog posts here will understand that hiking and walking in New England is a passion for me as I write a lot about destinations exploring and enjoying the natural environment of the northeast.

I find most hikers are the same genre as runners and bikers. They’re a great bunch of people who love their recreation and look out for each other. Hikers love to share their best trails and stories and those of others. My friend Rik is no different.

Rik has a hiking and backpacking blog over at www.hikingcafe.com and while he lives in Europe he has a number of trails from North America already at the site. Rik is aiming to create an online hiking destination covering the globe – no small order – but he is handpicking trail stories looking for informative but compelling writing.

If you enjoy hiking and backpackings then I encourage you to visit Rik’s hiking information site and cast a vote for it at any of your social bookmarking sites if you like what you see.

And if you enjoy hiking and have some stories to tell then consider writing for his blog. He has an easy to spot contact page and encourages feedback.

Go Rik!

Cliff Calderwood
Publisher
Travel in New England

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Comment by Peter-Masquerade Masks on 6 January 2009:

Hello Cliff, thank you for the article. I am an avid hiker, and I always enjoy finding new trails and lesser known hiking spots. I just checked out Hikingcafe.com, and it has some good resources on there. Thanks for the heads up!

Keep up the great work on this blog, it is nice to see a site about the Northeast, we get underappreciated sometimes!
Comment by chris @ backpacks and beyond on 31 July 2011:

I just tried to check out your friend’s blog and your link led me to.

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His blog sounds interesting and I will be trying to get back to it later thanks.
Comment by Cliff Calderwood on 31 July 2011:

Hi Chris,

I got same error. I’ll drop him a quick note and see what’s going on.

Cliff
Comment by Gale Mazzella on 18 August 2011:

I need to plan a trip for a charity function to New England. I do not even know where to begin. Can you give me some advice and information. The trip will begin from Cleveland. Look forward to hearing from you.
Comment by Cliff Calderwood on 22 August 2011:

Gale,

Can you be a bit more specific on what information you’re seeking? I’m not sure where to begin either.
Comment by chris @ backpacks and beyond on 9 September 2011:

http://www.hikingcafe.com still down I’ll check back later.
Thanks
Comment by Cliff Calderwood on 9 September 2011:

Chris – I sent the owner an email awhile ago and he hasn’t responded – a sure sign it’s AWOL and not likely to return.

Cliff