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The Big Walk
http://www.the-big-walk.co.uk/
- Author: Paul Webster
- Listed in: Outdoor Travel
- Tags: travel hiking europe walking hike walks
- Added on: Feb 2nd, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
A description of an epic walk across Europe, undertaken in 2003-4. Walking the route raised over £5,000 for charity.
I'm now hoping that you will sponsor me as I blog the route. Money raised through the site will go to the John Muir Trust.
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Running dry - Day 43
Not a good night’s sleep: we hadn’t checked the ground under the tent very well and some rocks seemed to embed themselves in my back during the night. I’m only using a half-length foam pad to sleep on, to save weight, and am already jealous of ...
Hold the Heights - Day 42
CHAPTER THREE What if I live no more those kingly days? Their night sleeps with me still. I dream my feet upon the starry ways; My heart rests in the hill. I may not grudge the little left undone; I hold the heights, I keep the dreams I won. Geoffrey...
Adios, Peregrinos - Day 41
The arid plains of Spain seem to be behind us at last as we near the Pyrenees – today’s hike passes through beautiful beechwoods. The villages have changed too – Burguete is a cluster of whitewashed Alpine chalet-style houses with steeply pitch...
The Running of the Bulls - Day 40
Beyond the walls a massive funfair has been set up. We wonder round the stomach-churning rides before opting for the big wheel – which still proves terrifying for Helen. We run round after a peña band for a while before heading to another park. Th...
Long Live San Fermin! - Day 39
We lie in as long as we can, until Maribel wakes everyone to come and watch the first encierro on her television. There’s an absolute throng of people all along the half mile of narrow city streets; it seems impossible that the bulls will even be a...
