Gran Canaria January 2018

Another short trip to Gran Canaria ,this time with 4 nights in the south west staying at Puerto de Mogan and then 4 nights in Las Palmas.

Here's a link to the photo album https://photos.app.goo.gl/tYpATWIBEE3RtswZ2

Puerto de Mogan

Warm weather days in the south where I did a couple of walks from the Degollada de la Aldea/Mirador de Tarsatico  and another from Fataga.

Near the start of the Degollada de la Aldea to Mogan walk

On the Fataga to Santa Lucia walk - above the dried out bed of Presa de Sorrueda

View south from Viso above the Aldea valley

 The settled spell of fine weather deteriorated to cold and wet on the move to the north of the island but I still got some good walks in including the final one above Telde ,from Valsequillo up into Barranco de los Cernicalos and on up to the Caldera de los Marteles and down to Tenteniguada with sleet and hail during the 1400-1500 metre top section.

A lush Barranco de Mina

Santa Brigida

Arucas

Huerta Urbano project Playa de las  Canteras

Barranco de los Cernicalos

On the way down during a break in the sleet and hail

Look back to Glen Finnan to Inverie May 2005

See my 2018 look back on https://okallotments.blogspot.co.uk/2005/05/glen-finnan-to-inverie-may-2005.html

New year,new bothy,new mountain

A brief trip to western Snowdonia with my pal Andrew ,based for two nights at Cae-Amos which was newly renovated by the MBA in early 2017.
Also on hand Mynydd Graig Coch which became a "proper mountain" in 2008 after re-measurement found it to just exceed the magic 2000 feet mark by 6 inches.
We timed our visit to take advantage of the reasonably warm weather after the poor spell leading up to Xmas.
Here's a link to the photo album https://photos.app.goo.gl/pnkY8t8AcOEBzsDE3

El Hierro and Tenerife November - December 2017

Usually I've combined visits to Tenerife with La Gomera but on this occasion decided that a trip to El Hierro was long overdue.
Saw a variety of high plateau and coastal landscapes on my walks and proportionally perhaps more farming and other agricultural activity than on the other islands?
On Tenerife I did some more of the Anaga paths and had a first look at the area above La Orotava with a walk north to south over the cumbre on the Camino de Candelaria.

Here's a link to the photo album with captions  https://photos.app.goo.gl/BKeKJ1i2msogDONG2