Survival of the Fittest

Max and Colin entered the 10 K plus 10 obstacles course. It was wet and muddy this year with a few course changes to spice things up. Both ran well and got round in around an hour and nine minutes.

Puerto Pollensa and Alcudia

A final rest day to recover from the walking. We went off to the medieval town of Alcudia and looked at the city walls, narrow streets and the old Roman remains and theatre.

Lluc to Pollensa

The last walk of the holiday was flattish slog from Lluc through to Pollensa. OK at the start but a bit dull over the latter parts of the journey. A bus took us through to Puerto Pollensa.

Puig Tomir

Hannah and Cherry got a well earned rest day in Lluc to look round the ver pleasant monastic village. Colin and Max headed off with the team to make a challenging ascent of Puig Tomir at a height of 1100 m. A long hard walk after the summit to return by a circular route to Lluc.

Walk to Lluc

The third day was a fairly strenuous walk from the Embalse de Cuber up to a mountain pass at around 1200 m height and then a steep walk into the Monastery at Lluc. Around 14 km in total and reasonably challenging.

Well done to Hannah and Cherry for getting through without a problem.

Walk to Soller

The second walk saw us drive up to a height of around 700m and then walk a further 100m uphill before a steep and winding descent into Soller. Stunning typical mediterranean scenery.

Walk from Deia to Port de Soller

Our first day of walking started with a bus to Deia and then a walk down for coffee at a cove. Then a couple of hours walking on undulating terrain near the coast saw us stop for lunch at a delightful cake shop. Best tarte tatin ever and some very cute animals. Walked on via the lighthouse into Port de Soller.

Mallorca Holiday

Had a lovely week away on a walking holiday with explore. Headed out on Saturday and arrived in Palma for a quick and somewhat rushed walk around the main sights in the city centre. Looked nice and well worth a future return visit.

Then got the train through to Soller, had a delicious ice-cream and then the tram through to Port de Soller.

Great Edinburgh Run

First race in quite a while. Lovely sunny Sunday morning and 8000 people out for a run through Edinburgh. Reasonably good form and got round in exactly 50 minutes which whilst well off personal bests isn't a bad performance. Felt pretty comfortable all the way round.