Corsica

A week in North Corsica with friends Nigel and Jean. Flight on Flybe from Birmingham to Bastia Stayed in Maison les Calanches, a superb property…

Derwent Edge Walk

A 9 hour stroll with good friend Jane Carter covering 31km. We stopped at Old Horns for lunch. I had Cajun Chicken (quite dry) with…

Parkrun: New Personal Best

Today I achieved a new personal best time of 23:03 on the Hillsborough 5k Parkrun. I came 50th (45th male) out of a field of…

Introducing Brooks Ravena

Having worn hiking shoes for three parkruns and all my previous couch to 5k training i finally splashed out on a pair or proper running…

Leaving Mallorca

End of the Mallorca jaunt. I caught the 211 bus from Port Soller to Palma and then the no1 from Palma to the airport. And…

Torre Picada

A nice easy day after yesterday’s length hike. I followed route three on the free tourist map from Soller tourist info. This was a short…

GR221 to Biniaraix

I booked another two nights at Hotel Marina in Puerto de Soller as the buffet food was ok. Turned out the next two nights there…

Valldemossa to Deia on GR221

I caught a bus to Valldemossa with a plan to walk the GR221 back to Port Soller. I first walked around the village before locating…

Cap Gros coastal path

After breakfast I caught a bus from Port de Pollenca to Palma, and bus from Palma to Port Soller. On the Pollenca bus I sat…

Hotel Sis Pins

I booked to stay another night as the hotel Sis Pins was really good. Continental breakfast was self service with a good choice of meats…