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Saturday, 22 June 2013

Saturday 22 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 8 - St-Jean-Pied-de-Port

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We walked about 6 km with 200 metres ascent during the course of this rest day.                               Weather: warm and sunny - John...
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Friday, 21 June 2013

Friday 21 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 7 - Stage 5 - St-Étienne-de-Baïgorry to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port

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Distance: 21 km (Cum: 103 km)      Ascent: 950 metres (Cum: 5000 metres)                       Time taken: 6.25 hrs including 1.25 hrs stops...
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Thursday, 20 June 2013

Thursday 20 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 6 - Stage 4 - Bidarray to St-Étienne-de-Baïgorry

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Distance: 16 km (Cum: 82 km)      Ascent: 1300 metres (Cum: 4050 metres)                       Time taken: 7.25 hrs including 0.75 hrs stops...
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Wednesday 19 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 5 - Stage 3 - Ainhoa to Bidarray

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Distance: 21 km (Cum: 66 km)       Ascent: 900 metres (Cum: 2750 metres)                       Time taken: 8.0 hrs including 1.75 hrs stops ...
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Tuesday 18 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 4 - Stage 2 - Olhette to Ainhoa

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Distance: 22 km (Cum: 45 km)       Ascent: 730 metres (Cum: 1850 metres)                       Time taken: 7.25 hrs including 1.5 hrs stops ...
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Occasional Pyrenean Flowers (1)

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David's comment has triggered this posting.  I had debated a 'flower of the day' section, as on last year's E5 trip, ...
Monday, 17 June 2013

Monday 17 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 3 - Stage 1b - Hendaye (Campanile Hendaye) to Olhette

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Distance: 20 km (Cum: 23 km)      Ascent: 1100 metres (Cum: 1120 metres)                       Time taken: 7.0 hrs including 1.25 hrs stops ...
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Sunday, 16 June 2013

Sunday 16 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 2 (2) - Stage 1a - Hendaye Plage to Campanile Hendaye

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Distance: 3 km (Cum: 3 km)      Ascent: 20 metres (Cum: 20 metres)                       Time taken: 0.75 hrs plus 2.25 hrs stops           ...
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Sunday 16 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 2 - Elsenham to Hendaye Plage

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Weather: sunny periods and warm in Stansted; hot and sunny in Biarritz and Hendaye.  A very relaxing 9.30 am start from Mariola's B&...
Saturday, 15 June 2013

Saturday 15 June 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 1 - Timperley to Elsenham

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Weather: warm and sunny Interesting encounters: not a lot There was an air of anticipation as we left the house this afternoon.  This will b...
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Friday, 14 June 2013

A Pyrenean Adventure

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Sue and I set off tomorrow – on the 16.06 from Navigation Road to Elsenham – on this year’s Alpine adventure, which is in the Pyrenees. Ha...
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Thursday, 13 June 2013

Tuesday 11 June 2013 – An Evening Stroll Around Delamere

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This evening walk was a similar route to that taken with Richard and Jenny on 7 September 2008, when I wrote about it in a little more deta...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Newgale Sands to Abercastle – June 2013

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This is basically an index page for our recent 70 km series of day walks based in St David’s. Here are links to the individual postings ma...
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Monday, 10 June 2013

Friday 7 June 2013 – An Alderley Circuit, with Buttercups

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Sadly, only Andrew was able to join me on a gloriously sunny summer’s day for this postponed (from snowy 22 March) ramble around Alderley. ...
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Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Tuesday 4 June 2013 - Porthgain to Abercastle

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Liz and Rachel had children to attend to at home, but the remaining eleven of us headed off to Porthgain in the school bus to complete this ...
Monday, 3 June 2013

Monday 3 June 2013 - Whitesands Bay to Porthgain

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Well, not quite Whitesands Bay. We started from the cottage at Treleddyd-fawr and headed back along the lovely heathland path to rejoin the ...
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Sunday, 2 June 2013

Sunday 2 June 2013 - A Circuit from St David's

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Another perfect summer's day found all thirteen of us back on the coast path from St Non's to Whitesands Bay (pictured). We somehow ...
Saturday, 1 June 2013

Saturday 1 June 2013 - Newgale Sands to St David's

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Having completed the South West Coast Path last year, Sue Emmett's ageing followers have this year tracked her to Pembroke, for a go at ...
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Friday, 31 May 2013

Another Day, Another Trip

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And where might we be tonight?   Here's the view from our B&B. (It can't be Scotland, of course, as it's not raining! ) Sent...
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Thursday 30 May 2013 – Hail Storm Hill

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It was a lovely evening for this six mile exploration of Hail Storm Hill, just to the south of Waterfoot. Sue and I set off from the other...
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