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 […]
Nice to be back out with the walking group this week. We headed to the autumnal forests of the Sierra de Huetor, north of Granada to explore some new tracks. Gentle hiking in glorious surroundings. Good to be back. {% image "saddle-1.jpg" , "" %} {% image "saddle-2.jpg" , "" %} {% image "saddle-3.jpg" , […]
Just home after spending 5 days in the Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves in Granada having a couple of operations replacing my DAI, "Desfibrilador Automatico Implantable" or Pacemaker to be less exact. I had the old DAI implanted in the left hand side of my chest, below the collar bone) since February 2022. It's […]
Yesterday I found myself at the centre of a dispute between the surgeon and my health insurance company. I had entered the hospital the previous morning. Fasted for 30 hours and had an uncomfortable IV inserted. I needed an operation on a minor infection, namely the removal of a Pyogenic Granuloma on top of an […]
Life on the edge! Today we've been climbing mountains again. This time the superb summit of Corazon de la Sandia (1885m) on the Alayos de Dilar ridge. This is located in the Cumbres Verdes range of hills, just south east of Granada. This ascent proves you don't always have to climb the highest mountains to […]
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 […]
Photos from yesterdays ascent of El Fuerte outside Frigiliana. A tough ascent followed by a scrambling descent of it's SW ridge which at times involved combined "tarzan-like" tactics to overcome The bar session afterwards seemed to go on forever, which of course it did! Good to catch up with Bailey Nola Vernon in the bar! […]
Some photos and comments from the wildfire in the Los Guajares and Pinos de Valle hills which started on 8th September at 14:00. Tragic circumstances and kudos to all those involved but it did lead to some spectacular imagery 
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Where Europe Meats Africa. Jebel Musa (842m) in Morocco, viewed from the shores near Tarifa today Let's go see the bird migration she said. Thing is, I'm more of a landscape than a bird […]
I was supposed to go rock climbing but due to the disappearance (or disintegration!) of my 25+ year old rock boots this had to be cancelled. I had already bought our lift passes so we decided to go for a high level stroll instead and invited a few of our friends to join us.  […]