Te Araroa, said to be the oldest Pohutukawa tree in Aotearoa New Zealand. Age estimated to be 350 years.
Part of my recent tramping trip and on my return journey around East Cape.
There is another Pohutukawa in A Coruña, Spain of a...
I have just returned from a road trip that included walking the Abel Tasman coastal track and the Milford track.
Here is the view that I had from the top of the MacKinnon Pass.
Apologies for the heavy breathing. I managed to catch a...
I ´have been in Spain for a month tryingto short down the dark time in the north of Norway. Left Norway when the time changed to wintertime and it was dark at 2pm. Returned this week and there is some daylight between 11 and o1. No sun until end...
I’m on a quick trip to Los Angeles and took a morning hike up Fryman Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains that separate the west side of Los Angeles from the San Fernando Valley.
Path of Battles.
Close to the Catalan Way.
It follows the path of the battles against the French invader that took place in Bruc on June 6 and 14 of the year 1808, very significant battles in the period known as the war of the French against...
Ah not so local then!
Beats me why the brassband chose that name. Maybe some members had pain in arms and shoulders? :)
Or another brassband already took the more common name of Saint Cecilia?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Cecilia
Not so local walk. Hour drive from home. Province of Antwerp with the nice woods of Wechelderzande.
First 9km snow, rain and sharp wind.
After our break with a delicious croque monsieur and a beer we walked another 7km. Dry and warmer...
A section of the GR 131 the long distance path that runs along all the Canary Islands
A fierce wind blew us up to the Ermita of the lady of the snow, passing the abandoned Ermita of St Juan
As luck would have it, we met the caretaker at the top...
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