[ 'title' => 'Outside Europe', 'region_key' => 'outside-europe', 'heading_class' => 'w3-text-red', 'button_class' => 'w3-theme-red', 'banner_class' => 'bgimg-6', ], '02' => [ 'title' => 'Alps', 'region_key' => 'alps', 'heading_class' => 'w3-text-green', 'button_class' => 'w3-theme-green', 'banner_class' => 'bgimg-3', ], '03' => [ 'title' => 'Northern Europe', 'region_key' => 'northern-europe', 'heading_class' => 'w3-text-brown', 'button_class' => 'w3-theme-brown', 'banner_class' => 'bgimg-2', ], '04' => [ 'title' => 'Southern Europe', 'region_key' => 'southern-europe', 'heading_class' => 'w3-text-blue', 'button_class' => 'w3-theme-blue', 'banner_class' => 'bgimg-4', ], '05' => [ 'title' => 'France', 'region_key' => 'france', 'heading_class' => 'w3-text-dyellow', 'button_class' => 'w3-theme-dyellow', 'banner_class' => 'bgimg-1', ], '06' => [ 'title' => 'Germany & Eastern Europe', 'region_key' => 'germany-eastern-europe', 'heading_class' => 'w3-text-dark-grey', 'button_class' => 'w3-dark-grey', 'banner_class' => 'bgimg-5', ], ]; function buildHighlightTripsBySection(array $allTrips, array $sections): array { $result = []; foreach ($sections as $anchor => $section) { $regionKey = $section['region_key']; $result[$anchor] = []; foreach ($allTrips as $trip) { if (!is_array($trip)) continue; if (empty($trip['highlight'])) continue; if (($trip['status'] ?? 'published') !== 'published') continue; if (empty($trip['url']) || empty($trip['title'])) continue; $regions = $trip['regions'] ?? []; if (!is_array($regions) || !in_array($regionKey, $regions, true)) { continue; } $result[$anchor][] = $trip; } usort($result[$anchor], 'trip_sort_cmp'); } return $result; } function renderHighlightCard(array $trip, string $headingClass): void { $url = $trip['url'] ?? '#'; $img = $trip['img'] ?? ''; $title = trim((string)($trip['landing_title'] ?? $trip['title'] ?? 'Untitled')); $desc = trim((string)($trip['desc'] ?? '')); $year = trim((string)($trip['year'] ?? '')); ?> <?= h($title) ?>

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A personal selection of favourite cycling trips, hikes and journeys — grouped by region. The map shows countries I have visited. Where GPX tracks are available, selected highlight routes can also be displayed directly on the map.

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