Just come back from a week long walking holiday to the island of La Palma. We completed 5 of the best hikes the island has to offer and seen some amazing scenery, especially of the volcanic kind. We went with our Nomads Walking Group, 16 of us in total. The hotel was excellent as were […]
It's been great having my two daughters, Emma and Claire, over this week. Yesterday I took Claire on one of my favourite, relatively easy (S1/S2) mountain scrambles that she has always wanted to go on. The north side of the Peñon de la Mata, north of Granada. You can tell by the many smiles just […]
Las Campanitas ridge to Veleta. Probably not for those suffering from acute vertigo but certainly not as bad as it seems in this video. A superb day out with just the odd dose of adrenaline. Las Campanitas is the ridge between Cerro los Machos and Veleta in thed Sierra Nevada. It is a Grade 3 […]
It had been quite a number of years since I had last walked the ridge between Veleta and the Refugio Elorrietta. It's known as the Tajos de la Virgen ridge and is a rough but easy walk with some sections of very mild scrambling involved. I had forgotten what a magnificent outing this is, made […]
What to do during a heatwave. Take the dogs for a river walk of course. Super proud of these two, they both remembered how to swim and seemed to really enjoy it.
First of all, a video of the trip. This is one of my favourite mountaineering adventures but it had been some time, a heart attack and a pacemaker implant, since I had last attempted this magnificent route. I decided that I should attempt the route over two days, well two half days actually. We would […]
And whilst the rest of southern Spain baked in the June heat … . near the Ermita San Francisco 2200m, Sierra Nevada we had rain, 50km winds and the odd roll of thunder. This made for an "interesting" day. Even my poor wee legs broke out in goosebumps! The week prior to the walk we […]
For many years I have gazed south to the rather uninspiring lump of the Sierra de Lujar. This small mountain range nearly 2000m high has never inspired me to walk it's seemingly boring wooded hillsides. It appears rather featureless and lacking in true mountain character. A day with the Nomads Walking Group there has changed […]
Well, that day was different. A first visit for me to the Via Ferrata paradise that is found at John Hogbin, Zafarraya. Lots of steep ladders (some decidedly more wobbly than others), Tyrolean Traverses, rungs, zip wires and cable bridges to negotiate. All good, clean and exposed fun in the sun! There were also a […]
A short video showing you one of the main reasons why I so love it here. Driving uphill on dirt tracks from my house I quickly reach some really beautiful and natural mountain environments. I enjoy a short ski tour with my dog, Rita, my first ski since injuring a knee a few years back. […]
