GR11 Week 3: Through the gates of the mountains into the kingdom of Aragon

Through the gates of the mountains Days 13-18 (Isaba- Zurzia-La Mina – Candanchu- Sallent de Gallengo) Total distance: 231km/ 818km     Total ascent for the week: 3700m (Please click on photos if you want to enlarge). This week things got harder and more spectacular in equal measure as we left the ‘hill’s’ of Navarra…

GR11 Week 1: Baptism of fire in the Basque hills

Sunset over the Atlantic from Cabo de Higuer Week 1: Cabo de Higuer- Irun- Bera- Elizondo- Burguete (7 days) Distance: 98km.  Altitude gain: 4400m Our 500 mile long journey along the length of the Pyrenees on the mighty GR11 trail began at dawn from Cabo de Higuer on Spain’s north coast.  After plucking a stone from the Atlantic…