Category: Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
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Monfrague National Park and Trujillo
A vow of silence would actually have been a welcome intervention by our monastic hotel. People who wish their friends goodnight then continue to converse at over 120 decibels right outside my door at midnight are clearly in need of enjoying some contemplation in a room a long way away from me. A dreadful night’s…
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Segovia
Cabrales left us with one last delight on our final evening – ticks. Steve noticed what looked like a black dot on his foot which on closer inspection was a tick. It was tiny but they can spread horrible diseases, so we had to have a chimp-like grooming session, looking for squirming black dots. Our…
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Walking in the Picos – Day 1 Arenas de Cabrales Valley loop, day 2 Juan Robre summit
It’s been quite a while since I’ve used my Spanish language skills. Even though I’ve been trying to refresh them lately, the challenge of making myself understood while wearing a mask and then listening to the muffled reply from someone also wearing a mask, is proving very difficult indeed. So far I’ve managed to make…
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Stage 1: Arrival in Bilbao and onwards to Arenas de Cabrales
After having toyed with the idea of starting our journey by taking our own car and getting the ferry from Portsmouth to Santander, we ended up flying from Heathrow to Bilbao and hiring a car. Two reasons: slightly cheaper and much quicker. A twist of fate at the airport car hire site also meant that…
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Going round in circles – circumnavigating Spain
We are off on our travels again after yet another year confined to barracks. Curses to this tormenting virus. Even with the long awaited vaccines, it still continues to plague us. I hear you ask, why Spain? Good question – as many of you know it’s never been on my must see wish list. In…
Middle-aged flash packers 