Note – 2026-07-07 12:34
The Barranco de la Luna. A short but very, very sweet half day hike in the Valle de Lecrin this morning. An early start rewards with the best light and colour. And ... we had it all to ourselves. Marv...
Tag: landscape
Note – 2026-06-14 15:16
Early start to visit the Ibon de Piedrarafita today. A laborious forest trail suddenly opened up to alpine meadows, lake scenery with a backdrop of a huge cirque of magnificent peaks. We ate lunch by...
Note – 2026-06-13 16:15
So we headed over the Col du Pourtalet into France and did a hike taking in the Refuge du Pombie. This day hike has inspired us come back next week and do a 3 day backpacking trek. Lots of lakes, stre...
Note – 2026-06-11 16:08
Yes, I know its not but we passed this spectacular place today and just had to share. Maybe we should have ? 😀 The Cascada del Argualas at Baños de Panticosa
Note – 2026-06-11 07:36
1/ Some images from yesterdays hike up to the Embalse de Bachinaña Alto in the Pyrenees. Starts from Baños de Panticosa. This is an interesting and dramatic ascent to the lake alongside tumbling water...
Note – 2026-06-07 05:52
Early morning view from our campsite alongside a small lake in the Respomuso area of the Central Pyrenees. The mountains shown form the border with France.
Note – 2026-05-22 07:37
Morning Fediverse! The sun was just hitting the "acequia" channel this morning and provided some very interesting light
Note – 2026-05-19 16:23
Things don't always work out as planned. Nature always wins eh? Today I had packed my high mountain gear ready for a snow day but our dirt road into the high mountains was blocked by a landslide. Inst...
Note – 2026-05-15 06:45
View on the way to "work 🤣" yesterday! Pampaneira town with Capileira outlined on the higher shoulder above the Poqueira Gorge. The peak of Veleta (3394m) in the Sierra Nevada beyond.
Note – 2026-05-14 06:35
Sorry I'm a bit late for as I didn't get back yesterday until late. Here are the spectacular Tajo de Cortes of the Rio Bermejo, Alpujarras
Note – 2026-05-07 07:44
1/ Tough hike but what a day, still buzzing! Sometimes I don't think we fully appreciate just how much raw, untamed beauty and wildness we have so close to our homes. Saw nobody all day. Gotta go back...
Note – 2026-05-06 09:36
The savage beauty of a mountain river in the springtime. Contrast with the summer months when it's simple to cross using stepping stones.
Note – 2026-05-03 08:59
A local road winding it's way through the lush woods. A gray day in Lanjaron, Alpujarras today
Note – 2026-04-26 08:39
Our local "acequia" has now been repaired and for the first time in 3 months we have flowing channels and irrigation water. The hillsides are now full of life again and wonderful places to go for a lo...
Note – 2026-04-20 13:23
13 years ago to the day ... caught in a blizzard in deepest, darkest Kamchatka. Fortunately the relative safety of base camp wasn't far away
Note – 2026-04-17 16:25
Out hiking today with a Solos group from the UK who were enjoying the warm sun and stunning scenery of the Taha del Pitres. Hiked from Fondales to Ferrierola and onwards to Busquistar, and Portugos. A...
Note – 2026-04-15 07:54
The stunning waterfall of the Tajo de Cortés, Rio Bermejo above the town of Pitres in the Alpujarras
Note – 2026-04-05 07:29
Images from our Tabernas desert hike last Friday. I never fail to be inspired by this landscape and can see why it is used so much by the movie industry, set only some 25km inland from Almeria city.
Note – 2026-04-04 07:30
Yesterday we were hiking in the footsteps of Clint Eastwood in this amazing place
Note – 2026-04-01 15:40
Yesterdays fine hike in the quiet and underrated Sierra de Huetor just north of Granada. Lots of interesting mountains, hillsides and forested areas.