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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 2, 2022 16:35:16 GMT 2
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been having a bit of a walk. I have mentioned it elsewhere but not really given many details. It was in southern Spain along the coast from Nerja to a little south of Estepona. A distance of around 160km (100miles). It wasn’t hard. I walked, or rather ambled along, 12 - 17km a day but also had some days off, because I could. Mornings were walking, breakfast, walking, photos, mid-morning snack, walking, lunch, hotel, explore location etc etc. Officially the route is called the Senda Litoral but very little of it is yet marked and the theory is it is a pathway joining some of the towns and villages along the coast - but disappointingly, there was too much walking at the side of the road rather than along promenades to say it is all linked up. A number of times the route showed the only option was walking along the beach. Nevertheless, very enjoyable, all done at a relaxing pace and with lots to see. A melange of phone photos to show you the experience.                  More photos soon. |
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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 2, 2022 19:04:42 GMT 2
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Post by Baz Faz on Jun 2, 2022 20:05:54 GMT 2
Interesting you brought some elephants from Zambia.
It'a real shame you had those stretches alongside the road.
Another walk you could do is further east including La Herradura where Mts Faz and I spent a month or so 3 or 4 years ago. There is some coastal walking there.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 2, 2022 21:12:38 GMT 2
Yes, I remember you going.
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 2, 2022 21:32:52 GMT 2
I see you eat your greens. Good man. enjoy the walk, patchy though it is.
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Post by Voy on Jun 3, 2022 1:26:02 GMT 2
I love love love your "travelogues " please keep 'em coming ! Meanwhile, 8 pics down from the elephants, there is a statue of a guy holding a sword, something weird on his head, and something he has just killed/is about to kill at his feet..  |
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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 3, 2022 6:51:22 GMT 2
That's in Marbella Voy. Statues by Dali. That one could well be Perseus beheading Medusa.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 3, 2022 8:53:59 GMT 2
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Post by Voy on Jun 3, 2022 15:03:18 GMT 2
again - thanks ! and I hope you had a nice wide-brimmed hat !
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Post by slowcoach on Jun 4, 2022 17:31:33 GMT 2
The old centre of Málaga seems impressive.
I could identify the Roman and Moorish parts but I didn't immediately recognise the cathedral as being what it is, I thought perhaps a grand convent or monastic building.
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Post by kuskiwi on Jun 4, 2022 21:52:07 GMT 2
What a nice area and the food looks good. So glad you enjoyed it an thanks for taking me pictorially through an area I don't know much about.
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 4, 2022 23:21:31 GMT 2
You seem to have gorgeous weather, too!
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Post by shrjeff on Jun 5, 2022 6:14:46 GMT 2
mark, that area was full of brits... since brexit is it still so?
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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 5, 2022 9:18:07 GMT 2
I've realised I've been a bit busy and not posted the rest of the photos. Give me a minute.
Voy, at times I wore a normal peaked cap, that was about all that was necessary.
Annie, there was a bit of a heatwave so it as sunny and nice but a couple of degrees too hot in the afternoons.
Jeff, yes, still full of Brits. A proportion of those that lived there illegally, i.e. didn't have residency and out stayed their time, have become residents. But there are still many who didn't. I doubt many would have just gone back to the UK because of the UK's new status.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 5, 2022 9:23:51 GMT 2
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Post by sophie on Jun 5, 2022 15:25:36 GMT 2
That last picture.. an airport? Bus terminal? Was your walk one way?
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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 5, 2022 15:32:46 GMT 2
Yes, just the one way. It as long enough without turning round and walking back again. last photo is at the airport flying out. It seems the IT Intern was on duty that day.
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 5, 2022 16:48:37 GMT 2
safe journey back, Mark! people at that airport needed to be able to turn their heads the way owlets do, to 45 degree.
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Post by OnlyMark on Jun 5, 2022 16:54:07 GMT 2
The pedant in me says to mention that it would be 90 degrees.
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Post by auntieannie on Jun 6, 2022 7:23:22 GMT 2
you are right of course.
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Post by shrjeff on Jun 6, 2022 8:47:59 GMT 2
the pedant in me says to mention that it would be 180 degrees...
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Post by tzarine on Aug 12, 2022 3:12:56 GMT 2
mark
lovely walks
we are heading there after we escort tzarevich to his place of higher learning
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Post by OnlyMark on Aug 12, 2022 7:32:30 GMT 2
the pedant in me says to mention that it would be 180 degrees... Then it would be upside down. |
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Post by OnlyMark on Aug 12, 2022 7:35:35 GMT 2
Anywhere specifically?
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Post by tzarine on Aug 12, 2022 16:42:30 GMT 2
we are looking @ what points we have so far ba & iberia we love donostia for the combination of sea & hills so that's a start also we have english & welsh friends we havent seen in a number of years so that comes into play |
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