Wednesday 10th - Thursday 11th November 2022 Well off we go again! Having rested from our Spanish hike, done our washing and caught up with friends and family, we’ve managed to venture out of Plymouth once more…and this time we’ve gone much further. Leaving early on a Wednesday morning, we started our trip with a five hour coach to London Heathrow (no train due to recent strikes). We then had, a surprisingly fast, 6hours to spare at the airport (due to getting an early coach in fear of road delays because of recent protests) where Paul made friends with a random but nice Greek man who ended up showing us a lot of holiday photos. This really did make time go quicker though, as all our plans of having time to practise Spanish more and do ... read more

Statistical Summary of the GR11 The GR11 is around 865km, with about 39,000m elevation change, across the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and was such an incredible journey. As I like clear and simple things, I’ve attempted to focus on what’s interesting, and maybe useful for someone else planning on doing it, and summarised the information in numbers. For background, we are just two average 30somethings who enjoy being outdoors and exploring; sightseers on foot, rather then committed through-hikers, if you will. Enjoy! Pack weights: - 12kg base weight - Up to 15kg varying with needed food&water loads. - Biggest stint of carrying food was for 4days - Most water carried was 4L each and was to get to and stay at a dry camp spot ‘Through-hikes’ completed previously: - one 1xweek trail and ... read more

Monday 5th September Bassegoda campground to Camping Maçanet de Cabrenys 19km 7:40-13:10, with a few short stops and 40mins at La Trilla top Waking up early we did our usual morning routine at an average pace and found a bench by the bar to have breaky and Paul’s coffee. It was then we realised that we actually had a day yesterday with no storms! Not one! However, it was then that we also realised we had itchy feet and legs… insect bites! Argh. Still, getting going, we walked through a silent local town as the sun rose before starting the days climb. Surprisingly technical to start, with large flat rocks to step on and over, trying not to slip, but it soon returned to the more regular rocky and rooty tracks winding up through woodland. Having ... read more

Monday 29th August Wild camp near Coll Marcer to Camping Can Fosses 19km 7:45-14:45 with a few short breaks, 40mins in woodland descent before Dorria and 20mins on ridge section before Planoles A pretty bad sleep was met with a pretty slow morning. It also started with more climbing, as usual, so we felt extra slow. By the time we reached the col we had woken and warmed up though, and enjoyed nice views of the town as the sun also warmed up. There were also old border stones which was fun to step in and out of France from. What there was not so much today, was good waymarkers. They had slowly become less frequent since returning back into Spain, but today we really noticed how bad they had become; particularly after Coll de la ... read more

Sunday 21st August Sick day in Arinsal 0km Well after a restless night, it was clear from Paul that we were not going anywhere today. Booking in for another night at this hotel, we returned to sleep some more, as well as watching some bad Spanish day time Tv. We did make it out briefly together for a small lunch of coffee and toast but soon after eating, Paul needed to get back to the hotel room. I had another mini explore and checked out the other supermarket this time before also returning to the hotel to chill. Feeling a bit better, we ventured out for dinner, returning to the original bar we went to when we arrived yesterday for their veggie menu. Welcomed back by the guy, we enjoyed tasty onion rings, garlic bread and ... read more