The great thing about living in the foothills of the mountains is that you can take last minute advantage of snow conditions. After heavy snowfall the previous day, today we had the best snowshoeing conditions of the winter. We headed up above Puente Palo onto the slopes of Cerrillo Redondo, where we made first tracks […]
Nice walk with the Nomads today after a couple of weeks away battling Covid. A pleasant circular walk of 12km with 400m ascent.
Photos from the trip into the Sierra Mágina over the last couple of days. A lovely, compact and interesting mountain range largely overlooked by foreigners. We saw only 1 other hiker in 2 days of wandering here. We stayed in Cambil, south east of Jaen, which is very accessible for southern access to the range. […]
I've never been one for spending my weekend cleaning cars, preferring the mountains to that thankless chore. After nearly 20 years in Spain my car cleaning was both seasonal and eco friendly ie when it rained 😂. After the recent Sahara Dust storm in Spain I had no choice though, the car was brown and […]
After nearly two months having a pacemaker implant and then recovering from it, I was finally able to get out with the walking group again. We chose Pico Lopera, a modest peak in the north of the Sierra de Almijara. It's only a 3 hour round trip but well worth it for the all round […]
First time at mid altitude for a while and my first venture this winter into the winter snows. We've had a poor winter so far so the recent heavy snowfalls have been most welcomed. Poor visibility meant we opted for the Barranco de San Juan valley as our snowshoeing route for the day. In zero […]
The Cumbres Verdes range south of Granada is very accessible. Most people head for the deserved reigning peak of the range, the spectacular, Trevenque. However there is a really nice hike just as accessible. This is round the Cerro Huenes group. The start point is the bridge at Puente de los Siete Ojos just 2km […]
> "A good heart is better than all the heads in the world." (Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton) Got out of hospital last night at long last. Was in there 4 nights in total. Every thing is good and I have a €20,000 device, half the size of a mobile phone stuck under my left collar […]
A few snaps from last Tuesday's hike with the Nomads. Normally at this time of year our route would be impracticable with axe, crampons and snowshoes required. This year is very different and hardly any snow lies below 2800 metre level. We need more and quickly. Cerrillo Redondo and Tajo de los Machos Our route […]
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 […]
