by Ralph Pina | Dec 26, 2017 | kloofing, Matroosberg
Traversing the Matroosberg from the Ceres side to the Hex River valley Paul Verhoeven proposed and led this 3-day kloofing trip as a more “sedate” version of the usual MCSA two-day dash down the kloof. Groothoekkloof descends rapidly from the ski slopes of... 
by Ralph Pina | Dec 19, 2017 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, hiking
December in the Cederberg is hot. So although Peter and I had all the best intentions of hiking into the wilderness from our camping bases at Sanddrif and Algeria, reality was decidedly less energy-intensive. We took a 9 km round-trip walk to the Maltese Cross and... 
by Ralph Pina | Oct 5, 2017 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido NP, scenic walks, Spain
Walks in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Pyrenees After the Canal du Midi we rented a car at Carcassonne and drove through the Pyrenees to Torla in Spain, a mediaeval town high up in the mountains near the mouth of the Valle de Ordesa. Peter had argued for the... 
by Ralph Pina | Aug 19, 2017 | Canal du Midi, France
Here are five short, amateur video clips from our recent Canal du Midi boat tour. They are probably boring to watch, but they are a good record of our trip – and they may give you a sense of what to expect should you be planning a canal boating trip. For us, it... 
by Ralph Pina | Aug 4, 2017 | Canal du Midi, France
Canal boating from Négra Lock to Argens-Minervois July saw the realisation of a lifelong fascination near the end of my sixtieth year celebrations: a canal boat trip on the canals of old Europe. I had seen a TV documentary about the Canal du Midi some years ago. Its...
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