I've packed all my things. My rucksack weighs too much already...
so I will empty it and throw out half of it. How many pairs of socks do I really need?
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Colin, Sara and Sandy are walking from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean
Support Colin's fundraising for St Oswald's Hospice here:
The GR11
What we are doing...
The length of the Pyrenees is 435km.
The walking route is the Gran Recorrido (GR)11 on the Spanish side of the mountains which is 837km following old shepherd paths from Cabo Higuer on the Atlantic to Cabo de Creus on the Mediterranean.
The total ascent along the GR11 is 39,500 meters (4.5 times the height of Mt Everest) and we are planning on doing it in 50 days starting 28th May, finish about 16th July 2008.
We will pass through the Spanish regions of Euskadi (The Basque Country), Navarra, Aragon, Catalunya and the principality of Andorra.
The walking route is the Gran Recorrido (GR)11 on the Spanish side of the mountains which is 837km following old shepherd paths from Cabo Higuer on the Atlantic to Cabo de Creus on the Mediterranean.
The total ascent along the GR11 is 39,500 meters (4.5 times the height of Mt Everest) and we are planning on doing it in 50 days starting 28th May, finish about 16th July 2008.
We will pass through the Spanish regions of Euskadi (The Basque Country), Navarra, Aragon, Catalunya and the principality of Andorra.
The GR11 route
BBC/Tyne feature about me and the walk
Nitting Haws (my knitting blog)
Me doing some Extreme Knitting
Me on the way up Fairfield in the Lakes
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- Sábado 31 de mayo. Hola desde Elizondo!
- News from Elizondo
- Our schedule / El nostre itinerari
- Hola from Catalunya!
- Sunday evening. Last post from the UK!
- How to donate to St Oswald's Hospice
- Too late to panic now!
- Final preparations
- Things to do No. 4: do some knitting
- Things to do No. 3: weed the allotment
- Things to do No. 2: get my hair cut
- Things to do No. 1: Pack my rucksack
- Some detailed information on what the walk entails
- Some publicity for St Oswald's Hospice
- More facts about the Pyrenees
- ... and here is the list!
- Here's the other members of the Team...
- The Preparation so far...
- What a CRAZY idea!
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About Me
2 comments:
Hi Colin, Best wishes on your trek. You will have a great time I can testify having completed the GR11 last year. I also kept a blog here:
http://barriegr11.blogspot.com/
I will be watching your progress with interest.
Have fun - it will be an experience.
Barrie
Wow, that blog is great Barrie - and full of first hand advice. I like the arial map, do you mind if I 'borrow' it?
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