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An easy walk, the Collet Path is a great introduction to Saint Martin-Vésubie and unlikely to tire you out so much that you can’t take on a more challenging hike the next day.

I think it's worth explaining why this anxiety and travel blog has a category dedicated to cool bugs. They're a useful way to talk about resilience. Not in the sense of how much bugs can overcome, though you really should read just how much the African Midge can endure, but in the little ways we can try to build our own resilience to phobias and anxieties.

The Cime de la Palu hike in Saint Martin-Vésubie is a must for anyone keen to go walking – not climbing – in the Alps. Experienced, ultra fit hikers can complete it comfortably in a few hours and probably still have the energy to go socialise in one of the little bars in the village after.

This sloth lives in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Chickening out of our holiday plans cost me the chance to see them in person, and now it's cost me £3 to buy their handsome portrait too We’re going on holiday again this week, but we won’t be going to the place we’d originally planned. No Panama for us: no sloths, no red frogs, and no first chance to sample how Central America does vegetarian food. Panama, as with all our best ideas, was a Liz suggestion. She’d put together a typic