The Monastery
The views change dramatically as we drive through the pass. We left the small hotel in Alquézar after breakfast, where buildings of brick and…
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Springtime in the Pyrenees
In East and Southern Africa it is the rainy season during April and May. For most of my life this period has conjured up…
Smugglers, bandits and refugees
The GR 10 Trans Pyrenean Way trail involved interminable steep descents and climbs through dense chestnut and holm oak forests. We had seen nobody…
To Santiago and beyond
This is an update on my previous post, the Way. The day after my son Laurence and I had biked to the French border,…
Daring, outlandish reds, whites and some gold?
Most of the land is so dry that it is only fit for hardy cereals or livestock, but the first part is bordered by the Ebro river …
El Camino de Santiago
El camino de Santiago es una de las rutas de peregrinación más famosas del mundo. En los últimos años se ha vuelto más popular…
Pirineos Centrales
Los Pirineos son muy variados y tienen muchos micro-climas o regiones que han sido una parte, o completamente, independientes durante siglos. Cada una de…
Pirineos Occidentales – el país vasco y las regiones de vino de la rioja
Éste región está generalmente más poblada que los Pirineos centrales, y es extremadamente diferente. Ofrece una escabrosa y espectacular línea de costa, montañosa y…