Linger a Little Longer
07/01/18 – 08/01/18 Our plan had been to leave the Cabo de Gata and head back to the Malaga area across the Alpujarras, getting some time in the hills before… Read more »
Category: Walking
Putting Down Roots
02/01/18 – 06/01/18 It took some persuasion to move us away from our next stop, that and a very full toilet. The sun was shining and the wind had mostly… Read more »
Do you know the way?
31/12/17 – 01/01/18 We walked the coast path out of San Jose towards the east, working our way up through the streets of the town until we found the path… Read more »
Hairnets and Hardhats
20/12/17 – 22/12/17 After Ronda we made our way down to the coast to meet up with Aaron and his fiancée Katie who were joining us for a few pre-Christmas… Read more »
Mountain Summits and Vultures
18/12/17 Our last post was on New Year’s Day 2018, so we’re going back in time to catch up on the happenings of later December 2017. We had stayed the… Read more »
The Grazalema Mountains
16/12/17 – 17/12/17 From Seville we travelled south east to the Sierra de Grazalema natural park where we hoped to get our mountain fix. Our first stop was El Bosque,… Read more »
Sierra de Aracena
13/12/17 North of Huelva, the town of Aracena sits in the folds of the Sierra de Aracena; gentle forested hills and mountains that form part of the wider Sierra Morena… Read more »
Zombie Nation
06/12/17 – 08/12/17 We didn’t intend to spend much time in the Algarve, but we wanted to see the rock formations of the Algarve cliffs somewhere and Lagos seemed as… Read more »
To the Furthest Corner of Europe
05/12/17 Well…one of them anyway. Our parking spot was at Cabo São Vicente, the south-west corner of Europe near the town of Sagres. We had emptied and refilled Bertie at… Read more »
Laid Back at Praia de Bordeira
03/12/17 – 04/12/17 When we woke up at the Praia de Bordeira we were surrounded by vans. The usual big white boxes of various nationalities, but also smaller campervans and… Read more »
Sand in our Shoes
02/12/17 From our parking spot at the Praia de Almograve we could access part of the Ruta Vincentina, two interconnected long distance trails that run all the way down the… Read more »
The End of the World is Running Out of Cider
28/11/17-29/11/17 The forecast for the 28th was rain, so we didn’t make many plans except for a spot of grocery shopping. It was a mega two supermarket shop. Lidl for… Read more »
Guincho Beach
26/11/17-27/11/17 Next we drove to Foz do Lizandro, intending to stop there for the evening. We parked up on the clifftop and walked down steps to the beach where the… Read more »
Peniche
25/11/17 Peniche is a town on a small headland that sticks out from the west coast of Portugal just north of Lisbon. It’s known for it’s great surf, and because… Read more »
Paiva Walkways, the Ultimate in Garden Decking
19/11/17 – 20/11/17 When we moved into our house in Exmouth I remember Paul installing decking in the back garden – decking steps from the backdoor, decking over the crazy-paved… Read more »
Peneda-Gerês, Perfect
15/11/17-16/11/17 The national park of Peneda-Gerês was a place we fell in love with during our short visit. The first place since we crossed the channel that makes it into… Read more »
One Mackerel, Two One-Way Streets and Three Lighthouses
08/11/17 – 10/11/17 We had a bit of a lazy day on 8th November. For some reason we just couldn’t get moving and our plans for a bike ride ended… Read more »
Dunas de Corrubedo
07/11/17 We moved on from Boiro first thing in the morning, leaving the yappy dog behind us. Our destination was the Dunas de Corrubedo, a nature reserve on the west… Read more »
The Stairs to Dragonstone
03/11/17 The reason for our slight back-track was to visit San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, a small islet with a chapel on the top, linked to the mainland with a man… Read more »
St Jean de Luz and the Sentier Littoral
29/10/17-30/10/17 Our guidebook to France had recommended the coastal path from Hendaye to Bidart as being a not-to-be-missed walking route in southwest France. We looked for somewhere to park south… Read more »