After just over four hours sleep, I was back up and out into the brightness of The Cottage gardens around 9am. Ideally, I’d have stayed slumbering for the remainder of the morning, but there was much to be done, and little in the way of available time. Some toast and coffee got things started along… Read more

In hindsight, it would have been better to take the bus from Pollenca, where we had been staying (at Refuge Pont Roma – AKA Roaman Bridge), to the Port, but it’s easy to think that afterwards! The town of Pollenca is very nice, but there is a 5km highway between town and port, along which,… Read more

Lucky for me, I wrote down at the groups room numbers last night, as it all looked a bit the same in the corridors of the monastery when I went to wake them in the morning! Breakfast was superb and a welcome change from our recent standard of dry bread and cheese.  It took a… Read more

There was a bit of a commotion this morning at breakfast when a cheeky Pine Martin broke into the kitchen! He didn’t seem that bothered about me, so must be a regular visitor, but it was nice to see one so close up.  Today is a step up from the previous two in terms of… Read more

After dinner at the Refuge, we were treated to a spectacular sunset before heading to bed. Once again, my ‘one eared-mess’ ensured that I slept reasonably well, given that we were bunked in with 30 other hikers! Apart from some strange dreams, I woke relatively rested all things considered. Through a combination of concerns regarding… Read more

  I’m spending this week in Mallorca with a group of students on a trekking expedition following a section of the ‘Grand Route’ GR221 long distance trail. It’s been a while since I worked using my International Mountain Leader qualification overseas, and it’s felt good to be back! Final packing and an evening flight got… Read more