Category Archives: Uncategorized

Yesterday, when I arrived, plum tuckered out from the effort it took to find the place, I asked  el señor if there was an easier way to get back to the bridge, from which you then take a path to the abandoned church, and from there start the business of the day.  He looked atContinue reading “July 26 Masia Pujol to l’Espunyola”

Dropped off shortly after 6:00—I really don’t love these taxi transfers—to begin the walk going in the wrong direction. But it was a lovely diversion zig-zaggging through a pine forest, which really added to a rather so so day. Lots of road walking; too much.  The soles of my boots have barely any tread left,Continue reading “July 25 El Corriu to Sant LLeir”

Due to the heat, the description and length of the walk meant for today, which, a day later I cannot even remember—but all factors were dissuasive—I decided to do an ida y vuelta (loop walk) from Sant Laurenç.  Six hours, and OK, but nothing really great. Sometimes the path was rocky with smaller stuff: AndContinue reading “July 24 Sant Laurenç de Morunys”

Oliana, despite the lyrical name, is an ugly town, a pathway to Andorra, so big trucks rumble through constantly.  The hotel, right on the highway, had great sound-proofiong windows and air-conditioning.  In fact, it was a really up-market hotel for such a location, and the people running it were very nice.The guy even acted asContinue reading “July 23 Oliana to Cambrils”

Another 5:45 pick-up to return about seven miles to the walk site.  This was a two part walk.  The first part was fairly pleasant on decent track except for the nightmare through the trees where the path had been obliterated by fallen limbs and trunks, oh, and the part that said “cross the valley andContinue reading “July 21and 22 Vilanova de Meia to Masa Masanés to Oliana”

Everything was patas arriba (upside down) today.  Dudu, el taxista, did not know where I was staying in Ager, nor did he know where to take me to start the walk even though I had given Cristina explicit instructions.  Where the lack of communication came in, I do not know, but I was driven milesContinue reading “July 20 not Ager to Vilanova de Meia”

Today’s magnificent walk through the Noguera Ribagorçana Gorge, compensated for the frustration and disappointment of yesterday’s debacle.  José Ramón could not pick me up at 5:45, so his wife Yohana did, at 4:40, actually, and off we drove to Puente de la Montañana.  “You know we are going 7 km past Punete de la Montañana,Continue reading “July 19 Puente de Montañana to Ager”

Advisement:  A pictureless post Puente de la Montañana is where the walk was supposed to go, but sadly, it did not.  There were two routes: the shorter one, which I opted for, was over 16 miles, (think 19+), so, since most the first few miles were on the road, I decided to have a taxiContinue reading “July 18, Lascuarre to Puente de Montañana”

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px ‘Helvetica Neue’; color: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #000000; min-height: 14.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} I was excited to get to Graus, because it has supermarkets, and lucky for me, theyContinue reading “July 16+17 Graus and Graus to Lascuarre”

Today’s walk, about 13 miles, was not all that beautiful: But this slate roof was: Oh, Doggums! You win the prize for best photo of an animal on the GR1: There is yesterday’s destination, Salinas de Trillo, and there is also Trillo about 2+ kilometres down the road. Now I will tell you how niceContinue reading “July 14+15 Tierratona to Salinas de Trillo-Graus”