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Sally and I have now completed the first two days of my resumed GR10 trek along The Pyrenees and even though I recently completed The South West Coast Path I’m finding it tough going. Maybe its the altitude as we are spending a lot of time above 2000metres or it could be the backpack is heavier as […]
Second day in The Pyrenees with @sallyinnorfolk GR10 Refuge des Besines to Refuge des Bouillouses http://t.co/nVbmZELq via @everytrail
Out walking again this time The Pyrenees – GR10 Day39 Merens les Vals to Refuge des Besines http://t.co/04dzMmpq via @everytrail
Sunny start to our GR10 walk (@ Le P’tit Montaguard) http://t.co/1ohnGAQh
It’s time for another walkie 🙂 This time it’s a 113mile stroll, completing the 538 mile GR10 trek from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean coast along the French/Spanish border. I started the walk from Hendaye on the 4th September 2007 giving up at the halfway stage, in totally foul weather, at Bagneres de Luchon on 25th September […]
Final update! I returned the boots to Open Air who sent them onto Scarpa’s UK agent (Mountain Boot Company). on June 8th they refunded me the full purchase price with an admonishment from Open Air that they won’t supply me another pair of this boot model! This an update to the disappointing saga of my latest pair of Scarpa […]
Last night the Jones design team did a great graphic design of my walk complete with interesting facts. The design is currently been made into a physical postcard by VistaPrint. I intend sending a copy to every b&b I stayed at, as a lot of the owners expressed an interest in knowing whether I finished […]
Here is a map that Adze generated from all the data (about 70Mb) that my GPS collected each day as I walked the South West Coast Path, Adze displays each day walked as a different colour. Adze gives the following data: Total distance 1102.98km, duration 307 hours, distance climbed 47.6 km, max gradient 48 degrees, […]
One advantage of the Chiltern Lodge is that they do breakfast from 7.45 so you can escape get away early. So I was out on the road just after 8am. With it been an easy day, the guide said 16 miles to the end and ‘only’ 1768feet of ascent. I decided to do the decent […]
What a day! Probably one of the toughest on the whole trail! I thought folks were kidding me when they said it was going to be tough. I did in total 24 miles with about a mile of vertical ascent! the 6 miles through the Lulworth ranges were simply amazing in terms of ascent / […]
