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Tiatordos, Asturias. The perfect day?

It was from the summit of Peña Ten, back in 2019, that I saw Tiatordos peak (1951m) Since then, climbing it…

Asturias, bside hiking, Cordillera Cantábrica, deer ticks, elevation, fountain, hiking in spain, León, Parque natural Redes, peakbagging, Pendones, Picos de Europa, Ponga, Riaño, Spain, summit, Tiatordos, ticks, views

Belfast: Work and Lots More

Belfast is a place that had been on my radar for years. I am passionate about cultural histories, especially those…

beer, Belfast, Falls Road, IRA, Ireland, Lagan, Northern Ireland, politics, Pubs, Shankill, Troubles

Ibiza coastline walk: Sant Antoni – Santa Agnes

What can I say – we were much looking forward to this stage. A lot of it had to do…

Ibiza coastline walk: Figueretas – Sa Caleta

My third stage on the Ibiza coastline walk was a hybrid one: half solo, half with my better self.It was…

beach, cap des falco, cove, Eivissa, es cavallet, Figueretas, hiking Ibiza, Ibiza, Ibiza coastline walk, sa caleta, ses salines

Ibiza coastline walk: Figueretas – Santa Eulària

After the scenic, rewarding hike from Cala d’Hort to Cala Bassa the day before, on day 2 I would be…

Baleares, Balearic islands, beach, Cala Olivera, Dalt Vila, Eivissa, Figueretas, hiking Ibiza, hiking in spain, Ibiza, Ibiza coastline walk, Roca Llisa, Santa Eularia, solo hiking, Spain

Ibiza coastline walk: Cala d’Hort – Cala Bassa

For our first stage on the Ibiza coastline walk, we wanted to combine spectacular scenery with a walk that would…

bside hiking, Cala Bassa, Cala d'Hort, Cala Tarida, hiking Ibiza, hiking in spain, Ibiza, Ibiza coastline walk, Platges del Compte, Spain

Slow (and warm) travel in Macedonia, Greece

I admit it. My expectations about the first leg of our Greece trip were, um, modest. After all, it was…

beach, Europe, Greece, heat, Leptokaria, love, Macedonia, Olympus, slow travel

Maliciosa Peak (2227m) – Hugest among our mountains

In this hiker’s imagery, La Maliciosa (“the malicious one”) is the biggest mountain in our modest sierra. Huge, really.  Not…

Hiking, hiking in spain, La Barranca, La Maliciosa, madrid, Matalpino, mountaineering, Navacerrada, rockrose, sierra de guadarrama, skimo, Spain, trail running, trails, views

The Pyrenees: A world-class hiking destination

The Pyrenees are a mountain chain that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, and which acts as…

France, GR-10, GR-11, Hiking, hiking in spain, HRP, Pyrenees, thru hiking

Rescue on the Long Trail, Vermont

This is a story that took place in August 2012, on Vermont’s Long Trail, close to its Northern terminus. It’s…

acceptance, accident, Hiking, long trail, rescue, United States, Vermont

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