Two Million Stones
The GR221, Mallorca - October 2013
Valdemossa – Deià – Sóller 9 October Stats: ascent 960m; descent 920m; time taken 8h 15′ We were back in Valdemossa soon after 9.00 the next morning and had time for a short walk round the old part of the … Continue reading →
Estellencs – Esporles – Valdemossa 8 October Stats: ascent 1170m; descent 920m; time taken 7h 30′ Jaume had warned us that today and tomorrow would be long days – no mountains, but plenty of up and down and many kilometres … Continue reading →
Es Capdellà – Mola de s’Esclop (928m) – Estellencs 7 October Stats: ascent 860m; descent 735m; time taken 7h 15′ Our instructions for the next few days were breakfast at 7.30, departure at 8.30. And so it was that at … Continue reading →
Arrival 6 October It was a long wait at the baggage carousel in Palma airport while the baggage handlers sheltered from a torrential downpour which soaked some of our bags. The rain had stopped by the time we finally got … Continue reading →
Perhaps it’s the black cover on the book, or maybe the warnings about how lonely and unfrequented they are, that have always made me feel a bit wary of Wainwright’s Northern Fells. But each time I’ve been in Keswick over … Continue reading →
"It’s the new Sherlock Holmes book.""Really?""Yes, really! Well, not by Conan Doyle obviously but written by Dr Watson. Or rather, Anthony Horowitz pretending to be Dr Watson.""So is it any good, or some kind of joke thing?""Well …." It’s a … Continue reading →
A story about story-telling and the butterfly effect. Lively’s tale about the effects of a single random act on her half-dozen or so characters lifts them off into a chaotic swirl before subsiding and setting them back down in circumstances … Continue reading →
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Food & Wine Food There’s not much to say about the food on our journey. For lunch we bought rolls, cheese, ham, sausage, cakes, fruit and so on where we could or bought filled rolls from bakers’ shops. The local … Continue reading →
Malerweg, Weinwanderweg Malerweg The local tourist board markets this part of Germany as “Saxon Switzerland” (“Sächsische Schweiz”). It’s like Switzerland to the same extent that Crawley is like Prague. But it does have a unique landscape of towering sandstone bluffs … Continue reading →