Tuesday, 12 July 2011

One For The Road

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Happy Days in the Maritime Alps - here's a pic that missed the cut a few days ago. Note that I've now replaced the original image...
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Monday, 11 July 2011

A Stroll from Tende to La Brigue

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6km, 400 metres ascent, 3 hours, lots of flowers. Waking to another bright sunny morning (once the shutters had been opened) we enjoyed a...
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Sunday, 10 July 2011

A Day in Tende

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After nine consecutive days of exercise we've taken a day off. We waved goodbye to James and Helen, who are off to walk the 'Mon...

Saturday 9 July 2011 - A Walk from Refuge des Merveilles

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16km, 600 metres ascent, 7.7 hours. Today we completed the 'Mont Bégo Loop', all the way back to Casterino by 3.45, in plenty of ...
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Saturday, 9 July 2011

Friday 8 July 2011 - A Walk to Refuge des Merveilles

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12km, 1300 metres ascent, 6.25 hours. Having shed James and Helen from the reconstituted 'famous five' yesterday, we shed Susan t...
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Friday, 8 July 2011

Tende

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We are back in France. Here's the view from the balcony of our private room in Tende's gite d'étape. Yesterday afternoon Da...
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Thursday, 7 July 2011

Thursday 7 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 6, Rifugio Pagari (2650m) to San Giacomo (1210m)

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11km, 250m ascent, 5.4 hours. Trek Totals - 80km (50 miles), 6000 metres ascent, 40 hours including breaks. Last night we enjoyed our b...
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Wednesday 6 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 5, Rifugio Soria-Ellena (1840m) to Rifugio Pagari (2650m) via San Giacomo (1210m)

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18km, 1500m ascent, 7.3 hours. Yesterday's picture, if it wasn't obvious, was taken whilst we were enjoying a pot of tea outside ...
Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Tuesday 5 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 4, Rifugio Remondino (2430m) to Rifugio Soria-Ellena (1840m)

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13km, 1000m ascent, 8.4 hours. (All timings on this trip include stops. Gillian Price's book provides accurate walking times.) Anoth...
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Monday 4 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 3, Rifugio Questa (2388m) to Rifugio Remondino (2430m)

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13km, 1000m ascent, 6.6 hours. Cloudier today, but fine with sunny intervals until 3pm. At least yesterday's sunburn didn't get ...
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Just for you, Gillian

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Your book is very popular in these parts, Gillian. Other readers of this posting should take note and order their copies before it goes ...
Monday, 4 July 2011

Sunday 3 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 2, Rifugio Livio Bianco (1910m) to Rifugio Questa (2388m)

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15km, 1200m ascent, 7.8 hours. A fantastic mountain day, the memory of which will stay with me for ever. I have to be reasonably brief ...
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Sunday, 3 July 2011

Saturday 2 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 1, Sant' Anna di Valdieri (1000m) to Rifugio Livio Bianco (1910m)

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9km, 1000m ascent, 4.5 hours. After a good breakfast at the excellent Albergo Nazionale recommended in Gillian's book, we pottered of...
Friday, 1 July 2011

Vernante (2)

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Jamie, there are lots of places we haven't been! Scandinavia, for example... (You'll have to come on one of our walks to claim you...
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Vernante (1)

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Here's Sue, at lunch time, looking down towards Vernante from near Rocca Baila at around 1500 metres, with the Maritime Alps sheathed i...
Thursday, 30 June 2011

Limone

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Here is Limone's main square, where we are savouring the delights of this pleasant Italian town a couple of hours north of Nice. It h...
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Out with the Old, In with the New

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Do all good things come to an end, or does life simply move on? Both, I suspect.  My trusty old Crocs were purchased 4½ years ago at ...
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011

The Vaude Soft 111 Baby Carrier (Papoose) – A Review

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[Note that on 5 September 2012, Webtogs Limited went into liquidation, but its business has legitimately been continued in the name of D...
Monday, 27 June 2011

Sunday 26 June 2011 – The Mam Tor Classic Bike Ride

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Richard has only recently taken up mountain biking, having volunteered to do the tough ‘gold’ course on the Cairngorm Challenge in Sep...
Friday, 24 June 2011

Wednesday 22 June 2011 – Wheeling and Walking in the Peak District

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Today Sue was booked in at a function in Baslow to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Andrew Montgomerie’s ordainment as a vicar. I decided to...
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