Showing posts with label GEA 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GEA 2016. Show all posts
Sunday, 11 September 2016

Return to Timperley

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We soon realised the importance of today's date when we passed armed guards at Pisa airport. But this didn't hinder us and the day p...
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Saturday 10 September 2016 - Cinque Terre

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This was a 'wind down' day after our trek, built into our itinerary to enable some flexibility for bad weather, illness, injury etc ...
Saturday, 10 September 2016

Friday 9 September 2016 - A Day Of Leisure in Pontremoli and La Spezia

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After ending our GEA exertions above the village of Patigno and with the luxury of La Catinella, today we enjoyed a slow start by catching t...
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Friday, 9 September 2016

Thursday 8 September 2016 - GEA - Passo della Cisa to Passo Due Santi

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Stats: 27.5 km 1550 metres ascent 8 hours 45 mins Another fine day in the Apennines.  The €3 breakfast at the Ostello was a help yours...
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Thursday, 8 September 2016

Wednesday 7 September 2016 - GEA - Lago Santo Parmense to Passo delle Cisa

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Stats: 19 km 960 metres ascent 7 hours 10 mins What a superb rifugio. Marcello and his smiling assistant looked after us well. Last ni...
Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Tuesday 6 September 2016 - GEA - Prato Spilla to Lago Santo Parmense

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Stats: 13 km (Martin 21.5 km) 860 metres ascent (Martin 1460m) 7 hours 30 mins Last night's meal was ok, and we enjoyed the compan...
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Monday, 5 September 2016

Monday 5 September 2016 - GEA - Passo del Cerreto to Prato Spilla

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Stats: 16 km 1370 metres ascent 7 hours 30 mins Another fine, sunny day. Excellent breakfast of croissants and the usual stuff, includ...
Sunday, 4 September 2016

Sunday 4 September 2016 - GEA - Rifugio Bargetana to Passo del Cerreto

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Stats: 22 km 1200 metres ascent 7 hours 45 mins Blue skies were soon tinged with high cloud today, but conditions were pretty much per...
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Saturday, 3 September 2016

Saturday 3 September 2016 - GEA - Passo delle Radici to Rifugio Bargetana

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Stats: 13.5 km 970 metres ascent 6 hours Another day of lovely woodland (just a bit at the start) and lots of sweeping balcony paths, ...

Friday 2 September 2016 - GEA - Lago Santo Modenese to Passo delle Radici

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Stats: 16 km 1000 metres ascent 6 hours 30 mins NB Distance and ascent are as per ViewRanger (ascent figures may be generous if it...
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Friday, 2 September 2016

Thursday 1 September 2016 - GEA - Boscolungo to Lago Santo Modenese

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Stats: 15.5 km 1320 metres ascent 7 hours 50 mins A 'blue sky' start, with bits of cloud developing during the day, but no thr...
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Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Wednesday 31 August 2016 - GEA - Lago Scaffaiolo to Boscolungo

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Stats: 17 km 925 metres ascent 6 hours 45 mins Started in a cloud, which slowly cleared to yield blue sky. Gradually clouded over agai...

Tuesday 30 August 2016 - GEA - Pracchia to Lago Scaffaiolo

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Stats: 15 km 1680 metres ascent 6 hours 10 mins (Martin and Sue) 7 hours 20 mins (Cary and Graham) A cloudy day with sunny periods in ...
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Monday, 29 August 2016

Monday 29 August 2016 - GEA - getting to Pracchia

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5.45am - taxi to airport. Oops, I picked up the flight time as the gate closing time. Could have had another half hour in bed! Through sec...
Sunday, 28 August 2016

The GEA (Grande Escursione Appenninica) Revisited

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In April 2013 Sue and I enjoyed the southern twelve sections of the GEA. Reference to the sections is by way of Gillian Price’s Cicerone Gu...
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