Picos de Europa
A Chaos of Limestone
Other information The Group The Petts Wood Boys – Chris, David, Ian, Ian, Stuart, Phil The Swindon Four – Allan, Dave, Dean, Martin Guy and Miranda Alex, Sarah, Steve and me Hotel Torrecerredo The hotel has been run for over 20 … Continue reading →
5 May 2016 Access: Start – Drive to Banbury, park, bus to Tackley (Rousham Road stop), walk-in to canal. Finish – car parked at Banbury. 21 – 33km : Dashwood Lock – Aynho Wharf Any thoughts from the first leg … Continue reading →
21 April 2016 The Oxford Canal runs from Oxford to Hawkesbury on the northern edge of Coventry. It starts in Oxford City centre next to the King’s Mill Stream. The first leg of my walk along its length covered 21km … Continue reading →
Since I bought a new smartphone a couple of months ago I’ve been struggling to get the Viewranger app to record a track. After checking with @viewranger on twitter and some tweaking of the settings the problem seems to be … Continue reading →
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Postscript Hotel Maristel, Estellencs Link: Hotel Maristel, Estellencs The Maristel is a pleasant hotel with good facilities. It’s in two parts. The main hotel is on the side of the road further from the coast and rooms at the back … Continue reading →
Lluc – Pollença 12 October Stats: ascent 285m; descent 720m; time taken 5h 40′ For our last day we had a plan to climb another significant peak close to the GR221 – Tomir – but a combination of weariness and … Continue reading →
Cúber – Massanella – Lluc 11 October Stats: ascent 680m; descent 930m; time taken 6h 50′ Mallorca’s highest peak, Puig Major, has military hardware installed on the summit and is not open for public access so aspiring peak-baggers have to … Continue reading →
Sóller – l’Ofre (1093m) – Cúber 10 October Stats: ascent 1080m; descent 230m; time taken 5h 50′ After two days without a mountain summit one was back on the agenda – Puig de l’Ofre, 1093m. To get there we would … Continue reading →
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 →