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Tag: Spain

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 … More

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

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 … More

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 … More

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

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 … More

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

Laciana (León) with Kids II: Peña Orniz (2194m)

Every Spanish town has a bar, no matter how dinky the town may be. Conventional wisdom that my son had … More

Babia, bars, Cordillera Cantábrica, hiking in spain, hiking with kids, La Cueta, León, Peña Orniz, 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

Cordillera Cantábrica, COVID-19, hiker trash, Hiking, hiking in spain, kids, León, Lumajo, peakbagging, Spain, travelwithkids

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

childhood, climbing, granite, Hiking, hiking in spain, la pedriza, madrid, Spain

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

Cercedilla, gredos, Hiking, hiking in spain, landscapes, sierra de guadarrama, sierradeguadarrama, solo hiking, Spain

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

Cercedilla, Fall, Hiking, hiking in spain, local travel, madrid, sierra de guadarrama, Spain, travelwithkids

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

colmenar viejo, hiking in spain, local travel, madrid, manzanares, Puente del Grajal, riverside, running, slow travel, Spain, sunset, tres cantos

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