Peter Bargh

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  • Introducing Brooks Ravena

    Having worn hiking shoes for three parkruns and all my previous couch to 5k training i finally splashed out on a pair or proper running shoes. I got a bargain from TK Maxx – a pair of Brooks Ravena. I…

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  • Leaving Mallorca

    End of the Mallorca jaunt. I caught the 211 bus from Port Soller to Palma and then the no1 from Palma to the airport. And a flight back to Birmingham.

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  • Torre Picada

    A nice easy day after yesterday’s length hike. I followed route three on the free tourist map from Soller tourist info. This was a short one going north from the port. It took me to Torre Picada, and then Punta…

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  • GR221 to Biniaraix

    I booked another two nights at Hotel Marina in Puerto de Soller as the buffet food was ok. Turned out the next two nights there were not enough guests paying for half board to make buffet worth the hotel’s while…

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  • Valldemossa to Deia on GR221

    I caught a bus to Valldemossa with a plan to walk the GR221 back to Port Soller. I first walked around the village before locating the trail. It wasn’t as easy as I’d thought. I spotted five Spanish guys and…

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  • Cap Gros coastal path

    After breakfast I caught a bus from Port de Pollenca to Palma, and bus from Palma to Port Soller. On the Pollenca bus I sat near a young mother with her child who had a bad case of chicken pox.…

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  • Hotel Sis Pins

    I booked to stay another night as the hotel Sis Pins was really good. Continental breakfast was self service with a good choice of meats and cereals, and a full English on offer delivered to the table by friendly staff.…

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  • To Port de Pollenca on GR221

    I booked a night B&B in Hotel Sis Pins in Port de Pollenca, so decided to walk the GR221 from Lluc with my baggage on my back. This takes you through the woodland, and slowly down the mountains into Pollenca,…

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  • GR222 Lluc to Caimari

    I walked stage 5 of the GR222 between Lluc and Caimari. The highlight of this route is reaching the Sa Bretxa Vella, view when you reach a cleft with rock pinnacle on left and The Puig Caragoler mountain to the…

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  • Puig de Massanell on the GR 221

    After breakfast, which was not a buffet this time, so a limited range of stuff was delivered to my table and still ยฃ8 euro, I decided to do the GR 221 from Lluc to Embassament de Cuber. It was a…

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