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Friday 16 September 2022: Trek day 5 - Soto de Valdeón (850m) to Collado Jermoso (2064m)
I woke to the sound of owl hoots and cow bells. And clouds.
Breakfast in the bar at La Casa Vieja en Valdeón, then back on the road to Posada de Valdeón for supplies (bread & cheese), and on to Cordiñanes. Here we left the road and embarked upon the trail (PNPE 16) that would lead us to lovely Collado Jermoso, high up in the Central Massif.
It was an 'exciting' route: straightforward at first, and then the trail (La Rienda) narrowed and hugged the cliff face, chains providing secure hand holds as the path wound up and down and up, eventually levelling off (relatively) and entering woodland. Spiders webs glistened in the cloud dew, but today the sun was getting the better of the clouds, burning them off the mountainsides as we watched.
The woods gave way to a high valley (Vega Sotín) and at the compass-point boulder we turned left and embarked upon a zig zag climb up to the narrow ridge (Collado Solano?) where we lunched, and Manu's free climbing gave us heart failure.
The afternoon provided a whole other level of 'excitement': a narrow trail over exposed scree slopes, long drops thankfully hidden in cloud, culminating in a Grade 3 scramble up Argallo Congosto. "Difficulty High" did not lie, but we all emerged out of the final gully and onto Collado Jermoso's gentle grasslands on a high.
We treated ourselves to beers and crisps to celebrate, sat at one of the refugio's picnic tables soaking up the views and the late afternoon sunshine while Alfonso and Manu headed off for some proper climbing, thoughtfully keeping out of sight.
Fab dinner inside the warm, snug and busy refugio - my favourite one by a long way - then out for a technicolour sunset looking out over the Picos, and a stunning cloud inversion.
Magical and mystical.
A fabulous day.
Overnight: Refugio Diego Mella / Collado Jermoso
Read more on Sparkly Trainers: Picos de Europa - El Anillo Extrem(e) with Alfonso & Manu.
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Strong B.A.N.D.S. “Armed Forces Day” 5K Run/Walk, May 23, 2018
In recognition of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, patrons joined MWR Susquehanna Fitness Department to show that they are strong, ready and resilient by participating in the Strong B.A.N.D.S. “Armed Forces Day” 5K Run/Walk on May 23, 2018. Registration began at 11 a.m. Run/Walk began at 11:30 a.m. Patrons earned their special Strong B.A.N.D.S. wristband and a special Commemorative Centennial T-shirt by attending this event. This run was also the first event of the Commander’s Cup Series; teams accumulated points by participating. For more information, contact the Fitness Center at (717) 770-6428.
‘The Political Reporter’ is a new media installation by Boone, NC-based artist Mark Nystrom that generates random, but intriguing statements with words found on political websites and in the media. Sources include the Obama and Romney presidential campaigns, the Democratic and Republican parties, bloggers and the news media.
‘The Political Reporter’ animates a cloud of letters and periodically makes statements. These images are screen grabs taken while ‘The Political Reporter’ was running on Election Day and the day after.
Letters from words gathered from conservative sources are colored red and ones from liberal sources are blue. ‘The Political Reporter’s’ vocabulary includes over 70,000 words, but only 300 appear on the screen at any given time. As words are used to make statements, they are replaced by randomly chosen new ones from the list of 70,000.
Pößneck ist eine Stadt im Saale-Orla-Kreis in Thüringen; Eckgebäude - Hotel Posthirsch in der Poststraße, Leerstand. © www.christoph-bellin.de Pößneck wurde 1252 erstmalig urkundlich erwähnt. Als wirtschaftliche Grundlage der Stadt galt nach dem bereits im Mittelalter bedeutenden Gerberhandwerk die Textilfabrikation. Ab 1862 begann in Pößneck durch die Einführung der Gewerbefreiheit der industrielle Aufschwung. Im Jahr 1891 fand in Pößneck der Gründungskongress der Deutschen Textilarbeitergewerkschaft statt. Das Pößnecker Rathaus gehört zu den schönsten spätgotischen Rathäusern Thüringens. In Pößneck leben auf einer Fläche von 24,4 km² ca. 11 650 Menschen.
This lovely flower called as "Passiflora" (commonly known as Passion Fruit Flower) was photographed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey
Baskerville laat voor de tweede editie van Disco Biscuits niet één maar twee internationale gasten over komen: Strip Steve en Lee Mortimer aka Sawtooth Sucka.
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