Directly after finishing our Tour des Combin we we went round to Zermatt and met up with British Mountain Guides Kathy Murphy and Cube to do some high level glacier treking & Hutting with a bit of easy 4000m peak bagging too. Our group was Roger, Patrick, Jane, Jon, Martin and another Phil. Day » read more »
We went walking in Spain for our Easter holiday in 2001, to get away from the frustration of F&M. Sarah & Vikki joined us for the first week. Accommodation and hence the location was courtesy of Sarah’s Dad; Thanks again John. Travelling to Queralbs The flight was from Stanstead (booked through Go), so we stayed » read more »
We went to the Capileira in the Spanish Alpajuras in November 2002 with Ramblers Holidays Capileira to Sportujar on GR7 Capileira to Refugio del Poqueria, via the Poqueira gorge from Trev’lez on GR7; stopped short by flooding rivers & extremely heavy rain Sierra de Mecina from Busqu’star Capileira to Pitres on GR7 Mulhacen (3479m) from a car » read more »
This summer we decided to do the first half of the Swiss Alpine Passes Route which closely follows the Via Alpina route. The route can be squeezed into two weeks walking by rushing through it with public transport and so on, but it fits more naturally into a good 3 week trip. So we split » read more »
Author: Phil Newby
