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The start of yet another grey, rainy, winter in Holland and I am starting to realise that it still feels very strange to be back here. Even though it’s almost a month since my return, this place feels very unfamiliar to me at times. Sometimes travel does that to you I guess? Makes home seem
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There’s an abandoned village, about 5km walk up from Capileira. It sits at the bottom of the trail that leads you up the Poqueira Valley and onwards to the Mulhacen. It’s not a particularly remote place. There is a dirt road that rises up from Caplieira and the surrounding hillsides show evidence of some low
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The whole time I’ve been in Seville, I’ve been conscious of the Sierra Nevada lying there to the east of me, just waiting to be explored. I guess there are two types of people in the world. Those that are drawn to the sea and those for whom the allure of the mountains is the
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Some cities are made for simply wandering around in. Amsterdam is certainly one of them and so is Seville. In part it’s to do with the size of the place I suppose. It’s quite a compact city so it’s easy to move across it. I’ve been doing a lot of wandering here. It’s one of
