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Day 6. Avigliana-La Spezia
I was quite sad to pack up and leave our posh pad this morning. No more sitting on the roof terrace listening to the church tower bong and watching the bats fly about. Today we headed off towards La Spezia, our base for the next 5 nights. We are aiming to walk the Cinque Terre…
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Day 5 – Avigliana. Big Lake and Little Lake(Lago Grande and Lago Piccolo)
Lago Grande and Lago Piccolo sound much more romantic but they are basically called Big Lake and Little Lake. Not terribly imaginative but there you go. We decided an 8 mile potter to the lakes was in order today, rather than another 14 mile, 900m of ascent, hiking marathon. I have developed a rather revolting…
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Day 4 – Avigliana. A hike to Sacra di San Michele
The Appartamento Palazzo dei Duchi’s golden touch even managed to help me get 8 hours of unbroken sleep. I love this place. I also love shutters on windows. Sleeping in total darkness is wonderful. I could sleep until 4pm and have no idea of the time. Today we decided to hike to the abbey Sacra…
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Day 3 – Macon to Avilgliana
Budget Ibis turned out to be a real find. Our hotel was between a motorway, a major road and close to a main railway. Didn’t hear a thing. Plus we were able to have a second visit to Carrefour mega/hyper/absolutely huge store and buy loads of stuff. Heaven. We hit the road again, really quite…
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Day 2 – Saint Quentin to Macon Crèches
Getting out of our chambre d’hôte was even more tricky than getting in. Lugging a heavy suitcase while descending a spiral staircase should be an Olympic event except it’s probably too dangerous. We were on our way after a quick stop at the local Intermarche to buy lunch and fill up with petrol. I really…
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The Road to Anywhere- France, Italy and ? Road Trip 2022
Day 1. Home -Saint Quentin, France At last, freedom has more or less returned and it has become possible again to travel from country to country within Europe without enormous hassle. Cue car loaded and ready for action. But where to? Anywhere that’ll have us. First stop France, on our way to Liguria to walk…
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Corcovado
Arriving in Corcovado Posted on February 8, 2015 by veggiegirlmarlow i Up early to drive to Sierpe. Easy drive and after putting car into the secure parking lot, hung around waiting for Alex the captain to sail us to Drakes Bay. Beautiful sunny day and the river looked calm and languid.Alex the captain looked worryingly like…
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Wainwrights achieved- 2 Whin Rigg and Illgill Head
The weather wasn’t quite as promised – a bit cloudy and much more humid. However, when we arrived at Wasdale Lake, the water was a mirror. Showcasing the surrounding peaks, the scene was similar to a 3D cubist painting – completely stunning and a suitable finale to our last day. Our hike to Whin Rigg…
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Wainwrights achieved- 2. Scafell and Slight Side.Purchased – 1 set of walking poles
Yesterday saw us using our rest day to make an emergency purchase of walking poles to replace those cruelly broken in half the day before. The local road closure in order to repair a bridge has caused us to take some very hairy diversions along single track lanes, but the worst by a country mile…
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4 Wainwrights achieved- Yew Barrow, Red Pike, Steeple, Great Scoat Fell
How does a nine mile walk end up becoming an all day marathon? Mr Wainwright and his eclectic choice of fells has a lot to answer for. The day started cold but bright. We were heading for Wasdale lake where we would start our list of Wainwright bagging with an ascent up Yew Barrow. I…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
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- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
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- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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