Every Spanish town has a bar, no matter how dinky the town may be. Conventional wisdom that my son had … More
Tag: Spain
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
Atlantis (Ibiza): that deadly trap
There was a tinge of madness in how she approached tourists who walked casuallly on the first part of the … More
That which is not the beach: walks and meals in Barbate, Cádiz
There’s no getting around it. K and I didn’t pick Barbate for it’s charm but, rather, as a convenient base … More
Beach days around Barbate, Cádiz
We gotta make it here in the Summer, I remember thinking last year in May, when my kids and I … More
A camping trip to Sierra de Albarracín, Teruel
It’s hard to overstate the value of Spain as prime walking country. There’s just so much, and so diverse. And … More
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