El Masroig – Wine and Walking
21/11/18 When we left the parking area at La Selva there was already someone waiting to take our spot. I really hope the local community gain something from having the… Read more »
Category: Walking
The Vall de Boi Part 2 – Our Final Days in the Pyrenees
16/11/18 – 17/11/18 As I’m writing this blog post I am sitting in Bertie at a parking spot on the meditteranean coast and the outside temperature is 21°C. It’s a… Read more »
The Vall de Boi Part 1 – Taüll
14/11/18 – 15/11/18 The Vall de Boi is the second major entry point to the Aiguestortes I Estany de Sant Maurici national park (the other being Espot). The valley runs… Read more »
The Gerber Valley and Vall d’Aran
12/11/18 – 13/11/18 If you travel anti-clockwise from Rialp around the Aigüestortes I Estany de Sant Maurici national park, you eventually end up in the Vall d’Aran. It’s a drive… Read more »
Rest and Remembrance
11/11/18 The 11th of November has been an ever looming date in the diary this year. The 100th anniversary of Armistice Day for World War I. Throughout the UK and many… Read more »
Walks Around Espot and the Estany de Sant Maurici
09/11/18 – 10/11/18 When planning on leaving Andorra we had been trying to work out what next. Truth to tell we hadn’t been chased away from the mountains as soon… Read more »
A Final Walk in Andorra’s Hills
06/11/18 – 08/11/18 After trying out our snowshoes we were very tempted to stay up in Arinsal and spend the evening admiring the views, but a quick check of the… Read more »
Spend! Spend! Spend!
05/11/18 – 06/11/18 If I ever claim that our pastimes are cheap then please feel free to have a word. Of course going for a walk or a bike ride… Read more »
Andorra: Love It or Loath It?
03/11/18 -04/11/18 We made a complete misjudgement with our visit to Andorra. We decided to drive there on a Saturday on a Spanish holiday weekend. It wasn’t planned, we had… Read more »
Queralbs and Nuria. Snow, Water and an Unexpected Train Journey
31/10/18 -02/11/18 The last day of October was rather rainy and unpleasant. We drove to Ripoll, which is quite a large town for the area, and did some supermarket shopping…. Read more »
Heading Into Spain: Gothic Bridges and Pyrenean Chamois
29/10/18 – 30/10/18 We weren’t really sure what to expect from the Spanish Pyrenees. The French side of the mountains seems much more talked about in the motorhoming world, but… Read more »
Wobbly Bridges and Historic Paths in the Carança Gorge
24/10/18 – 25/10/18 We left Les Angles behind and continued south and east along the N116. This road is wide and well constructed and makes sickening large swooping turns. The… Read more »
Following the Aude
22/10/18 – 24/10/18 Following our morning of sightseeing in Carcassonne we decided to crack on back into the Pyrenees. Our target was Les Angles, a large ski resort in the… Read more »
Snowy Border Crossings at the Hospice de France
14/10/18 – 16/10/18 We had a fixed date in the diary for the coming weekend, a rugby match in the town of Castres. Although we’d already been to Bagneres de… Read more »
A Trip to Another Cirque
12/10/18 The Cirque de Gavarnie may be the most famous of the Pyrenean cirques, but it is not the only one. When the day dawned with yet more cloud hanging… Read more »
Thwarted at 3000m
11/10/18 While here in Gavarnie I wanted to tackle one of the easier 3000m peaks of the Pyrenees. The Pic du Taillon stands as the highest mountain of the Cirque… Read more »
A Birthday in Gavarnie
09/10/18 – 10/10/18 We left the campsite with a vague promise of better weather from at least one weather app. Our destination was Gavarnie, a tourist honey-pot and probably the… Read more »
A Couple of Cols and a Pic
03/10/18 – 05/10/18 The weather for the coming weekend was predicted to be wet and cold, and we wanted to tick off a couple of things before it changed for… Read more »
Playing in the Clouds at Superbagnères
30/09/18 – 02/10/18 As the weather is still beautifully sunny and warm I’m a little surprised to find that we’re now into October; a month that usually signals a definite… Read more »
Aulus-les-Bains and the Cascade d’Ars
27/09/18 – 29/09/18 After two weeks of sweaty walking and cycling we needed to do some washing. A bit of google maps investigation revealed that our closest launderette was at… Read more »