Once more with Tapas
Walking in the Serra de Tramuntana, Mallorca - October 2011
Sóller to Deià Wednesday 19 October With both of us feeling stronger we decided to follow the popular route from Sóller to Deià. There are actually two established routes: we opted for the higher path rather than the lower. Our … Continue reading →
First some explanation. The plans we had for scaling the 1000m heights and striding along the high ridges of the Serra de Tramuntana had had to be scaled down. Two weeks before we set off Jonathan phoned to say he’d … Continue reading →
Sóller Monday 17 October The idea was for Jonathan and me to go for a walking holiday in October. Somewhere with a good chance of fine weather, comfortable accommodation, and with interesting but not too strenuous scenery. The hilly part … Continue reading →
19-22 June 2009 Wainwright doesn’t mention midges in his Lake District guides, so I guess the general view that they’re a fairly recent addition to the Lakeland scene is right. But if it’s also true that they don’t fly if … Continue reading →
A personal memoir It was 8:50 as I turned into the Pink & Lily car park and already there were some eight to ten cars with their boots and doors open as people got kitted up for the walk. It … Continue reading →
Getting there Monday 24 April 2006 Easyjet flight from London Heathrow (LHR) to Basel (BSL) No. 50 Bus from airport (buy tickets from machine) to Basel rail station (SBB, Swiss Rail) Train from Basel SBB to Basel Bad (Basel’s German … Continue reading →
General information about the area FranceBeyond (including ProvenceBeyond). Links on the home page to specific Provence topics – villages, history, sport, etc. Good place to start your research. ProvenceWeb – Alpes-Maritimes villages Haut Pays de Nice (one-man site) Portail Vésubien … Continue reading →
Route details and statistics The GR52a skirts the edge of the Mercantour National Park starting at Colmars (04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) in the valley of the Verdon, then heading east, south-east, and north-east to the Col de Tende (06 Alpes-Maritimes) in the … Continue reading →
22 – 23 April 2005 First down My route plan showed this was going to be our hardest day – 800 metres of ascent, but a knee-wrecking 2000 metres of downhill. By now we were used to finding fallen trees … Continue reading →
20 – 21 April 2005 Prêt à Manger La-Bollène-Vésubie has a Post Office open every day, Monday to Saturday. From 1000 to 1130. There was one food shop, but it was closed when we went up into the village at … Continue reading →