Mon 18th Sept., Castilblanco de los Arroyos to Almadén de la Plata, 28 klms First, a pronuncian lesson for the Aussies in the audience. ...

Sunday 17th Sept. Guillena to Castilblanco de los Arroyos Those of you who have some familiarity with my past blog posts will know that...

Saturday 16th Sept. Sevilla to Guillena I know the correct answer to that rhetorical question, but today I temporarily overlooked that...

Day 0, Friday 15th September Just under four years ago (in 2019) we spent a week here in Sevilla. On September 27th of that year I posted...

Exploring Brittany - 8th-12th September Our trip to Brittany to visit Grace and Howard Boorman was the sole purpose of our trip to France...

El turista exige, el prergrino agradece "The tourist demands, the pilgrim thanks/appreciates" The cover page of the Via de la Plata...

Wednesday 16th August In exactly 31 days - one month - I'll be another year older (plus 2 days). On that day, 16th September, Janet and I...

I'm planning that this will be my final post after my recent "Footsteps of Hillary" trip. In the last few days I've waded through the...

Ha ha ha. No, not THE K2, simply my 2nd visit to Kathmandu this trip. Friday 9th June - Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, and...

Kathmandu, 8th June – recalling Phortse (3850 MASL), 1st June. It seems incredible that it was only a week ago that we were in Phortse –...

There's an expression I first heard years ago - Nepali Flat. It describes the act of walking on level ground, which of course does not...

Friday 2nd June, Namche Bazaar. Namaste good people of blog- and social media-worlds. I'm changing direction for the moment. A move away...

Thursday 1st June, Phortse, approx. 3850 MASL Today was a day of superlatives. I’m not going to be able to describe it all and do it...

Wednesday 31st May, Kyang Juma, 3600 MASL Today was a double back day. I remember very clearly my last Himalayan double back day, where...

Tuesday 30th May, Thyangboche, 3875 MASL After all the excitement of the last two days including the Himalaya Day celebrations in Namche,...

I love writing, but today I'm a little lost for words ... Today was superb. I'm a bit weary, and time is a bit tight, so there's no...

Sunday 28th A mini post today - it's been a full-on day, so mostly just a few snaps ... I was going to call this post "Yaks in the Mist"...

Our guide Rishi has explained that Namche Bazaar has a long history as a trading post. In the very early days (I’m not sure when) the...

As I walked along today I pondered a suitable theme for this blog, and settled upon “the great challenge”.  I think I could have just as...

Thursday 25th May Today was our first pure trekking day – a wilderness day as it was described this morning.  It was about a 9klm walk,...