Monthly Archives: January 2018

Day 7, Masca epic

Last day today and it was a cracker. We drove to Los Gigantos, booked a boat ride back from the beach at Masca, jumped in a taxi and were driven to our starting point, the village at Masca. After a … Continue reading

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Day 6, Parador loop

Mampa was tired this morning from yesterday’s walk and so we chose to do a more gentle stroll today. We drove up into the mountains to a hotel called the Parador which is just across the road from the highest … Continue reading

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Day 5, lunar landscape

We’re in a really nice hotel half way up a mountain so it’s quite cold but it has a swimming pool and a Jacuzzi which we used today after our long walk up into the mountains. We decided to walk … Continue reading

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Day 4, La Caldera round trip

Alleluia! We can walk again 🌝. We did almost nothing yesterday and we were asleep by 9:30 πŸ˜’. Much too early. We left the hotel in La Laguna after breakfast and drove to La Caldera which was quite high up … Continue reading

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Day 3, cabin fever

It rained and it rained. It’s six o’clock and it’s rained all day πŸ˜“. Mampa was quite pleased since her legs weren’t working properly today. She walked like a puppet on a string, arms and legs going in all sorts … Continue reading

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Day 2, Cruz del Carmen round trip

Our story continues. I didn’t say yesterday but when we got back last night I noticed that my walking shoes were in a bit of a mess. The left one in particular was really bad – the sole was hanging … Continue reading

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Day 1 Cruz del Carmen to Punta del Hidalgo

For Eleanor and Anwen. What a gorgeous walk. Lots of changes of scenery, Forest to mountain top, steep accents and vertiginous (that means really, really steep) descents. Not a lot of people which was nice. The weather was glorious. We … Continue reading

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