My Travels

AREAS IN THE WORLD I GOT TO KNOW SO WELL

I.   PROFESSIONAL TRAVELS


ANGOLA

1971 Working as an engineer in Jamba, Angola 

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II. BICYCLE TOURS

FRANCE

2003 On our bikes to the Mediterranean Sea

                           


SPAIN

1999 A bicycle tour through Old Castilla

a 1000km tour through northern Spain, a Spain so different from the Spain of the beaches......        


an old railway line, now a surfaced cycle track, from Sagunto near Valencia to the Jiloca valley north of Teruel in Aragón

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2012 Following the "Vía Verde Alcañiz - Tortosa"

 a disused railway line from the town of Alcañiz in Aragón to Tortosa near the Ebro delta

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GERMANY

A bicycle trip along towns that used to belong to the Hanseatic League during Late Medieval times. The tour took us from our home in Blauberg to the Polish border on the Baltic coast.

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III. WALKING TOURS

UNITED KINGDOM

1979 - 1980  The Pennine Way

images of the Long Distance Footpath from the Peak District in central England to Kirk Yetholm in the Cheviots of Scotland this path is about 425 km long and follows the high ground of the Pennines, hills and moors also follows the Roman Wall for a while and returns to hills and moors in the Cheviots 

the going is mostly tough, lots of climbing and lots of peat but the scenery is unique and the experience is something that lasts a lifetime

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2013 Pembrokeshire Coast Path  (St Dogmaels -Newport)

Impressions from an outstanding walk along the cliff's of the Welsh coast during a sunny week in June, while all kinds of wildflowers were blooming. Lot's of uphill's and downhill's, sheer drops to the sea and unique views along the Welsh coast.

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2013 Lôn Teifi bicycle route, Ceregidion,Wales
While staying in Aberporth we cycled along the official bicyclle route of Susutrans, Lôn Teifi, Welsh for "the lane along the river Teifi". Pleasing country lanes, full of flowers and the countryside very green.

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SPAIN

1996/2012 The entire GR8, Aragón, Spain

a slide show with images of the long distance footpath GR8 from Villel on Rio Turia to Beceite village near Valderrobres, a distance of 240 km. This walk passes interesting and fascinating countryside, almost the whole way without anyone around.

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1998 GR10 walks in the Montes Universales, Spain

a slide show with images of official footpaths described in the GR10 guide of the Montes Universales in Teruel Province, Aragón, Spain

The trip starts in Teruel, uses both local PR routes and the long distance GR10 routes, and finishes in the mining village of Riodeva on the GR8

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2006/7  The entire PR-TE7 , South Aragón

images and comments on the pequeno recorrido TE7 from Arcos de las Salinas de Mora de Rubielos, prov.Teruel 












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