Every Spanish town has a bar, no matter how dinky the town may be. Conventional wisdom that my son had…
Laciana (León) with Kids I: Muxiven (2027m)
Pretty impressive, the guajes, nodded the ruddy Asturian mountaineer on meeting the three of us on the top of Peña…
Cercedilla: The Run Home
You know when you’re in a nice mountain village or coastal town and say, hey, I wish I could own…
La Pedriza: the playground of my life
La Pedriza: ode to granite rock, smells of rockrose, mecca of Madrid climbers and hikers and, well…one of the few…
On an island. In Greece
K. said we were enjoying the Mediterranean dream, and I had to agree. She couldn’t get over the olive trees…
Still Remote: Another Try at Loving Gredos
It had been – what – 20 years since I had hiked in Gredos for the last time? And this…
2020: Best B-Sides in the Year of C
2020, phew. So thankful it’s over, like y’all. In what regards the project behind this blog, there were some disappointments…
Sierra de Guadarrama: The Freedom of the Hills
No hay mal que por bien no venga, we say in Spanish. Good stuff comes out of shit times, I…
Surprises around Puente del Grajal, Colmenar Viejo
I said it before on this blog. COVID season sucks like you wouldn’t believe, but there are lessons to be…
An evening around Cholula, Puebla
After a rather dull, dusty day on the road with stopovers at Tlaxcala and Huejotzingo, we finally arrived in Cholula,…
B-Side Travels 