Archive for June, 2007

The end

Posted by mobile phone:Now in conca after walking the GR 20 in 14 days second half had a few hairy days with very strong winds not fun when on ridge of a mountain . Last 3 days were fab. thanks to Paddy for his comment we did the alpine variant which was a great walk [...]

Half way

Posted by mobile phone:Now in Vizzavona after doing 2 days walking in 1 day . Ascent of 1170 m and descent of 2090m all in a distance of 22k no wonder my knees ache . My reward is a night in the I laricci hotel and a three course meal .tomorrow am easy day according [...]

Day 7

Posted by mobile phone:Today was a hard day for me started off with a long steep bouldery climb up to the highest point on GR 20 the views of the lakes were fab. We then had to cut across the mountain which involved alot of climbing and bouldering before a stony and wet decent to [...]

Day 5

Posted by mobile phone:Now at hotel castel di vergio an easier day than the hell of the Cirque de la solitude which is the most scary thing i have ever done .enjoyed skinny dipping in many of the rock pools today. second night in tent . Thanks for all your comments and i got a [...]

Haut Asco

Posted by mobile phone:Now in hotel le chalet after 3 days walking along Gr 20. Its been fab so far loved the Spasimata bridge and walking along the slabs was good fun. Showers are cold and last nights was almost al – Fresco too . Hard day tomorrow with the Cirque de la solitude hope [...]

Today is the day

Posted by mobile phone:Its 6am on sunday morning and we are getting ready to begin our gr20 walk. Arrived in
Calenzana last night around 10pm an hour behind time due to a rough crossing. After a 35 euro taxi journey we arrived at hotel monte grosse.Very strange lady running the hotel thanks to 2 guys from [...]

On my way

Posted by mobile phone:Got the 4.40 train to stansted now waiting for 6.30 flight to nice. My bag weighed in at 10 kg geoff’s was 8kg with the tent so i am not happy ! Must be the 8 batteries and the camera plus the sun cream as i burn in the sun . Might [...]

Away till July 4th…..

Well my ruc-sac is packed…
I have watched my last episode of Prison Break. 
Phone calls have been made and friends have been to visit.
I can hardly believe the time has almost come for me to go off to Corsica with Geoff…
Six month ago when it was first suggested that I went , I never thought for one second [...]

The End…..

The voting ended tonight for the Blogpower Awards…
Many thanks to everyone that voted for me especially all my walking pals from the Forums….
Many thanks to Sicily Scene too who made it so much fun… I peaked too early yesterday and she deservingly won.
You can see all the results here
For me the best thing about [...]

Its Been Fun …but

Its not over yet ….voting for the Blogpower Awards finishes at 19.00 tonight.
I still need your votes….
http://defendingtheblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/17-nominations-so-far-for-prettiest-or.html
I would love to win this so your votes do matter, and are important….

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