On a short visit to Leith in November, we decided to brave the rain and mud.
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Domestic Travel / Hikes
Spirit Rock hike and other explorations
We heard about a unique spiral staircase hike (Spirit Rock) from Aunt Mary’s cousin Julie and decided to try it out. The start of the hike was an exploration of the ruins of a 17-room mansion called the Corran (Gaelic for ‘point of land running into the sea’). What’s amazing is that we did all […]
Hikes
Woodford Loop
This was a short hike that promised many crevices and caves where the locals used to hide their illegal whiskey during prohibition.
Covid19 / Hikes
Claireville Conservation Hike
There was no school on Friday so we thought it might be a good day for a short hike. This conservation area is only 25 mins from home and we invited another family with three kids to join us. Everyone was masked and all six kids had a blast roaming the various landscapes.
Hikes / International Travel / Spain
Bajo los Picos Hike
Traslated as “below the peaks”, this circular hike had truly amazing views of the mountains. It starts in the tiny village of Mogrovejo, which had 44 inhabitants in 2008. It doesn’t look as if it’s grown much since then. The recommendation was to start the hike early in the morning and we were very glad […]
Hikes / International Travel / Spain
Ruta del Cares Hike
This is one of the most popular hikes in the Picos de Europa between two villages, Poncebos in Asturias and Caín in Leon. The route (one way) is 11 km but by car, the distance between the two villages is more than 100km. It was originally opened around 1916, and used to be the only […]
Hikes / International Travel / Spain
PNPE 27 Brez Hike
Crazy sounding name for one of the best hikes we’ve ever done! We went through so many different landscapes on this hike.
Hikes / International Travel / Spain
La Hermida Hike
The kids and I took a short drive along the narrow windy mountain roads to try the hike by the dam we spotted the day before. Some of the trails are apparently pretty old, and were used by shepherds thousands of years ago.
Hikes
Greig’s Caves
First stop on our surprise Thanksgiving trip was to explore Greig’s Caves in Tobermory. For background, go to this post.
Hikes
Humber River, Old Mill Discovery Walk
While Neil worked, the kids and LL went to explore one of the Humber River, Old Mill Discovery Walk. Total distance was 8.1 km. Nolan picked the walk and was responsible to get us there on the TTC and guide us through the walk. Felix was instrumental in finding the first Discovery Walk sign. We […]