The second longest trek of my summer in Europe, the Picos de Europa Circuit.
An unforgettable (91.5km) route covering the … most extaordinary limestone landscapes – river gorges, alpine lakes, depressions, dense beech woods, narrow canals, cliff hanging trails and peaks with breathtaking views …
… click through to my hiking blog to see the trip report and photos
This is the first seat sale I’ve seen for Iceland since I started tracking those flights months ago. I guess the “high season” finally ends October 1st.
To Reykjavík from: Berlin, Copenhagen, London Gatwick, London Stansted and Warsaw.
Prices from: €69, £55, … one-way including taxes and fees.
When to buy: Open for sale from 14 CET (that’s 1pm UK time) until midnight tonight, Monday 21 September.
When to fly: From 1 October to 10 December 2009.
That’s with Iceland Express, the supposedly low cost airline.
I like Iceland Express better than full service Iceland Air, a company that treated me, a potential customer, very badly over the past few months.
Excellent challenge this past Saturday.
It’s become a tradition with the families of some of my hiking buddies to take their sons on this adventure as something of a rite of passage to manhood.
On Sept. 19th, 2009 we took three 13-yr-olds. They had to get to the top … or die trying. …
Thanks Rob for leading our group. It was terrific.
Huge and difficult hike in Northern Spain was fantastic.
Will arrive Bilbao tomorrow. Apparently there is some crazy museum there.
This was the most important and best hike I did in Europe this summer.
trip report and photos all posted
Had a GRAND day climbing Ben Nevis yesterday. Excellent weather!
Off to another mountain range, today.
Over on my hiking blog, I’m posting photo from my 7-day hike Chamonix to the Zermatt, one day at a time, over the next week.
… Mt Blanc to Matterhorn – day 1
What a fantastic adventure!
… weather permitting.
Got pounded with rain today. Typical walking weather in Scotland.
Just arrived back to civilization, Chamonix, France, after 7 days, 7 nights up with the glaciers.
FANTASTIC hike. Chamonix to Zermatt: The Walker’s Haute Route
Trip report and photos coming soon …
I’m considering a return to Italy, sometime in the future, for a Via Ferrata adventure.
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Rick McCharles 