Spain And Portugal

Discover the mountains, discover new places, meet like-minded new friends and experience the joy of walking and wandering and exploring.

Rediscovering Lanzarote

Rediscovering Lanzarote

Returning to Lanzarote nearly 40 years after our first visit, turned out to be much more than a trip down memory lane. This Ramblers walking holiday opened my eyes to new landscapes, fascinating history and art, ingenious winemaking, some really ugly places  (got to...

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Picos revisited

Picos revisited

  Those lovely limestone mountains were calling to me, and there were many walks still to do, so back I went, 2 years on, with another splendid ramblers group for two more weeks of joyous mountain scenery. As I write this a few weeks later, three types of...

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Stunning rambles in the Picos

Stunning rambles in the Picos

The Picos, two centres, two leaders and two grades of walking, what a sociable and multinational group this turned out to be, with both leaders and guests happily switching between the 'harder' grade 7 walks and the 'fairly hard' grade 6 walks. An impressive drive...

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Madeira: levadas, peaks and flowers

Madeira: levadas, peaks and flowers

Madeira certainly delivered for us Ramblers: levadas, sunshine, flowers, sea cliffs, mountains and the lovely Hotel Bela Sao Taigo....a stunning week. Our 20 guests divided tidily and perfectly into two groups of 10, to be led by myself and co leader Charlie,...

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Fuerteventura adventures with Ramblers

Fuerteventura adventures with Ramblers

February 2016, two weeks with two wonderful groups. We explored and reached  paths that I guess few tourists will see. A lovely insight to an unusual island. A lively ferry ride to the deserted island of Lobos, and the peculiar volcanic mounds called 'hornitos'...

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Ibiza and Formentera

Ibiza and Formentera

7 days rambling around the coast and hills of Ibiza, leading for Ramblers Worldwide Holidays  in October 2015 A delightfully friendly group of 11 for this tour, exploring the rocky coastline, beaches and inland countryside of Ibiza and Formentera. The islands were...

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