After the GR11...

I am heading down to Barcelona for a few days for some r&r.

I fly back to Newcastle on Wednesday 23rd July.

After encountering snow, ice, hail, fog, mist, wind and rain we now have blue skies and temperatures in the 30s - which is nice but not with 12kg on your back climbing up 1000m! Anyone considering walking in Catalunya during August will have to look at how to keep cool. We were getting up at 5.30 to start walking by 6 as the sun came up. Walking after 2pm is difficult and the storms start around 3pm. By storms I mean BIG STORMS - thunder, lightening and heavy rain. Not the ideal weather for camping!

Anyway. I will put more detailed info on the site when I get some time in the near future.

Cap de Creus! Monday 14th July

We made it! Apologies for the lack of news between Andorra and the Mediterranean but the internet is few and far between in the mountains.

BUT WE HAVE FINISHED THE WALK. On Monday we finished the last stretch between Port de la Selva and Cap de Creus. A quiet and remote part of the coast with clear blue skies and a nice sea breeze. A day of mixed emotions and not actually believing that we have walked from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean through the mountains....

Friends of Sara and Sandy´s - Cecile and Lorenzo - drove down from Perpinya to give us a great welcome (complete with tape and a Welcome sign) and Sandy´s parents arrived just as we were crossing the line!

We celebrated by washing our clothes and drinking quite a bit of cava.