Tag: Rambling
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Elba’s Languorous Lacona – Humming Rosemary Bushes, Singing Naturists and Turtle Highways
During the week we stay in Lacona we settle into a lazy routine, a morninf walk along the fine crescent of beach, paddling in the surf, to Valle-Santa Maria Campsite, and through there to the local shop with its vivid vegetables: the peppers more red than at home, the aubergines more purple and the courgettes…
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Following in Napoleon’s Footsteps on Elba
Seán does love an App and this one, the Avenza Map App, proves essential when we decide to climb Monte Barbatoia in Lacona to descend to Napoleon’s Villa in San Martino as the walking signs play hide and seek with us. We climb up the boulder strewn path from Lacona, which runs like a rust…
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Climbing, Sliding and Losing the Trail on Mount Montgrí in Torroella
We park up in Torroella de Montgrí carpark, which happens to sit among olive groves. Croissants never tasted better. The winding path is rugged, make no mistake. Up we wind, until the sounds of the school yard and traffic below fade, and we’re surrounded by ochre and russet rocks, mica shining in the sun. The…
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Ameyugo in Spain’s Léon y Castile
From giant stone shepherds to sun-flower fields, gorges and ruined chapels, Leon y Castile’s Ameyugo is a wonderful hiking destination.
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