Comments for Pete Spurrier https://petespurrier.com/ Author of the bestselling Hong Kong hiking guidebooks Sat, 13 Sep 2025 03:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on A podcast about Hong Kong hiking by Paul https://petespurrier.com/2021/02/18/a-podcast-about-hong-kong-hiking/#comment-27097 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 03:01:35 +0000 https://petespurrier.com/?p=2473#comment-27097 No longer the last HK Olympic Gold of course!

]]> Comment on Hong Kong hiking: Bride’s Pool by Paul https://petespurrier.com/2016/12/08/hong-kong-hiking-brides-pool/#comment-27096 Sat, 13 Sep 2025 02:59:15 +0000 http://petespurrier.com/?p=1941#comment-27096 Just a note that the 275R bus now also continues on to Wu Kau Tang, so you need to watch out for the Bride’s Pool stop.

]]> Comment on Hong Kong hiking: Kat O (Crooked Island) and Ap Chau by Pete Spurrier https://petespurrier.com/2024/11/06/hong-kong-hiking-kat-o-crooked-island-and-ap-chau/#comment-12489 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:26:27 +0000 https://petespurrier.com/?p=2611#comment-12489 In reply to Trevor Hollingsbee.

Great to hear that, Trevor! I will look into Ap Chau’s Scottish links.
I was on Kat O about 20 years ago and heard a lot of who I thought were villagers speaking in a strange language. It turned out it was Dutch. Their parents had emigrated to Holland in the 1970s, and they had all come back to visit for the island’s 10-yearly “ching chiu” festival.

]]> Comment on Hong Kong hiking: Kat O (Crooked Island) and Ap Chau by Trevor Hollingsbee https://petespurrier.com/2024/11/06/hong-kong-hiking-kat-o-crooked-island-and-ap-chau/#comment-12488 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:42:51 +0000 https://petespurrier.com/?p=2611#comment-12488 I remember from my marine lolice days that tiny Ap cHau had strong links with Scotland . Scottish accented English often heard, and Eurasian children sometimes running aout The church was very active, with the village reptesentative taking services. Formerly had a successful fish farm A former colleague told me that the church has decamped to Edinburgh. Kat O was never my favourite island, seemed rather shabby and smelly One of the inhabitants was a forner KMT soldier, who still dressed in uniform and screamed invective about Mao Tse tung all day long

]]> Comment on Windows into the past: Hong Kong’s abandoned villages by Tide Swell https://petespurrier.com/2016/03/14/windows-into-the-past-hong-kongs-abandoned-villages/#comment-8728 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:43:33 +0000 http://petespurrier.com/?p=1799#comment-8728 In reply to Pete.

“Spurrier” seems an unusual surname.
Are you absolutely sure that you are not related to this lady?

]]> Comment on Serious Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong is in the top 10 by Pete Spurrier https://petespurrier.com/2019/07/30/serious-hikers-guide-to-hong-kong-is-in-the-top-10/#comment-7493 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:06:07 +0000 https://petespurrier.com/?p=2231#comment-7493 In reply to Linda Fung.

Thank you, Linda, for your kind comment! I’m very glad to hear it. I hope you have enjoyed the wonderful hiking weather we have had recently.

]]> Comment on Serious Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong is in the top 10 by Linda Fung https://petespurrier.com/2019/07/30/serious-hikers-guide-to-hong-kong-is-in-the-top-10/#comment-7490 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 03:22:03 +0000 https://petespurrier.com/?p=2231#comment-7490 Thank you for your wonderfully illustrated and informative book. During this epidemic, I have followed your book to the tee and completed all the 4 trails with my husband. I usually travel abroad but Covid and your book has enabled me instead to travel Hk on foot and see HongKong’s beautiful mountains and landscapes from a different perspective. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in hiking in Hk !

]]> Comment on Windows into the past: Hong Kong’s abandoned villages by Pete https://petespurrier.com/2016/03/14/windows-into-the-past-hong-kongs-abandoned-villages/#comment-5831 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:22:26 +0000 http://petespurrier.com/?p=1799#comment-5831 In reply to Caroline Lee.

Glad I could help out!

]]> Comment on Windows into the past: Hong Kong’s abandoned villages by Caroline Lee https://petespurrier.com/2016/03/14/windows-into-the-past-hong-kongs-abandoned-villages/#comment-5456 Thu, 28 May 2020 08:24:35 +0000 http://petespurrier.com/?p=1799#comment-5456 Hi Pete,

I have an enquiry about one of your Sham Chung photos, do you have any contact info?

Thanks,

Caroline

]]> Comment on Windows into the past: Hong Kong’s abandoned villages by Pete https://petespurrier.com/2016/03/14/windows-into-the-past-hong-kongs-abandoned-villages/#comment-5201 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 13:49:52 +0000 http://petespurrier.com/?p=1799#comment-5201 In reply to Martin nichols.

Sorry to say we are no relation, Martin! Good luck in your search.

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