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Cornwall and Corsica 2017

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    Check out Val's new hat1Calvi with citadelle in distanceLa Revellata with lighthouse11Taking our lunch breakVal, Simone, Sylvie, Anne and Hilary1

    La Revellata Headland

    11. kesäkuuta 2017, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    We had a pretty easy day today. We walked along roads and paths on La Revellata headland. We walked from our hotel so it wasn't that far. This was fine as it was a very hot day today, somewhere around 30 degrees. We stopped at a tea house and went for a swim in the Golfe de Revellata. We had a nice lunch spot overlooking the Punta Bianca and then walked up to Notre Dame de la Serra where there were some great views of Calvi. We walked back to town and had ice cream and fizzy water and bought a lunch for tomorrow. Our group consists of Val and I, Hilary, Simone (Hilary's neighbour), Anne (from Paris), Barb (from Toronto), and Silvia from Italy.Lue lisää

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    Capu Tondu
    Silvia looking over GaleriaHilary, Anne and ValGolfe de GaleriaBurnt tree probably from lightning1

    Galeria

    12. kesäkuuta 2017, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    We drove a van to the small town of Galeria south of Calvi. From there we spent most of the day hiking up Capu Tondu, which is a mountain 839 meters high. It was extremely hot and the temperature got above 30 today with no breeze. The way up was on a path with a lot of loose scree and in the trees for the first 400 meters and then it steepened to bare rock with clambering. Barb waited for us around 550 meters and the rest of us carried on. It was very nice at the summit. You could see over to Monte Cinto which is the highest mountain in Corsica and still has a little snow. We went slowly down to be careful with our footing. When we got to the bottom around 3 pm, we headed to the bar and had drinks. Then we went for a swim in the ocean at Galeria. We drove home and we are now back in our room sorting things out.Lue lisää

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    In Corte
    Val cooling off in town fountainstarting up the Tavignano valleyour trailCorte and citadellealong the trailIn an area with Gneiss rockTowards the Gorgea stray dog at our lunch stopGiant olive tree we had lunch under

    To Corte

    13. kesäkuuta 2017, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    After breakfast, we all boarded the van and drove to Corte. This town is in the interior of Corsica and at an altitude of 500 meters. We only had an hour to look around a bit. The centre square has a statue of Pascal Paoli, the Father of Corsican nationalism. We packed up our stuff and headed out on the trail up the Tavignano River. It turns into a steep sided "gorge" higher up and there are nice smooth granite boulders that you can use to swim in pools in the river. It was very hot today. Val's thermometer read 38 in the shade which seemed about right. We had our lunch sitting under a giant olive tree and a stray dog came along to join us and get some water and food. Anne brought some paté de quince and Corsican cheese for all of us as a treat, and Hilary brought strawberries. We dropped down to the river and had a nice cool swim. The stream comes off the high mountains to the west that still have snow. After that we headed back to town. Along the way we saw some large Corsican pines and lots of immortelle plants.Lue lisää

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    Rockclimbers we watched
    Val and HilaryVia ferrataLac de Melo at our rest stopTowards Lac de CapitelloLac de MeloLac de CapitelloAcross Lac de CapitelloBob and Val at Lac de Capitello

    Lac de Melo and onto Evisa

    14. kesäkuuta 2017, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    We drove the van up to the Gorges de la Restonica and parked it at the upper parking lot at the trail head around 1400 m elevation. We then spent a nice day hiking up to Lac de Melo and to a higher lake. The hike up to Lac de Melo at around 1720 m was very hot even though we started in early morning. A few of us went in the water but it was pretty cold. Val and I put our legs in to cool off. We then hiked to the upper lake which was at 1950 m or so. We had our lunch there and watched the cheoughs trying to snatch our food. There were a pair of rock climbers on a wall across from us as well. We could also see some hikers on the GR 20 at a pass high above us. They would have wished to be down at the lake. The mountains are quite spectacular with high vertical granite towers that are quite reminiscent of the Torres del Paine in Patagonia. Walking back to the van was very hot. When we got to the van we drove back to Corte. The road was busy and for some reason they were running the "Tour de Corte" with Porches that couldn't really go any speed with all the traffic and narrow roads. In Corte we got our suitcases from the hotel where we had left them. We also had drinks and ice cream. Then we drove the van to the little town of Evisa and we got in around 6 pm. We saw some semi wild pigs along the road.Lue lisää

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    Umbrella pine trees
    Packing up the vanCorsican pinesRest spot but not openBridge on GR 20 broken by treeVal and Corsican pinePines grow high on mountainsWild roses on GR 20

    The Col de Verghio

    15. kesäkuuta 2017, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Today we drove into the main part of Evisa and bought a lunch at the local store. They have wonderful fresh fruit here in Corsica! Then we drove to the Col de Verghio, where we parked the van and started walking. It was another clear hot day, although because we started at 1400 m, it was cooler, but still 28 degrees. Our trail connected into the GR 20 (a trail which traverses the entire length of Corsica) and we walked along to a spot where the river formed pools in the granite and we could swim. We had our lunch there and swam in the water although it was pretty cold. Hilary and Bob went up after lunch to the Bocca Guagnarola at 1833 m, and then came back to the swimming area where the others waited. Then we all hiked back to the van. There were lots of colourful hikers on the portion of the GR20 that we did. We also saw the umbrella pines which are spectacular and the Corsican pine trees.Lue lisää

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    Evisa from our hotel
    Val in the heatOta in the distanceThe Spelunca GorgeSpelunca GorgeGenoese bridge (pont a Zagla)Bob on bridgePont a la Pianella

    Evisa to Ota and back to Calvi

    16. kesäkuuta 2017, Ranska ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Today was a scorcher of a day again. We checked out of our hotel in Evisa (the Aitone hotel) and walked to Ota, which took about 3 1/2 hours. We were in the shade for most of the walk and it was downhill for the first 3 hours, but still very hot. We saw amazing Genoa style arched bridges. We also saw the Spelunca Gorge and lots of different trees. In Ota we saw lemon trees, a walnut tree, grape vines, and a cherry tree and an apricot tree. We had a nice lunch at Chez Felix restaurant and all had salads and Orezza fizzy water. After lunch, we drove the van ( that Hilary got via a taxi trip back to Evisa) back to Calvi where we are at the Hotel Revellata, where we stayed for the first two nights. Tonight we are going for dinner in the Citadelle and then we are packing up to fly home tomorrow.Lue lisää

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    Toronto baggage pile-up

    In Montreal

    18. kesäkuuta 2017, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Missed our connection to Vancouver last night due to delay out of Marseilles and bag tagging issues. After two and a half hours at Trudeau airport, we finally got a room at the Marriott airport. On the 7:30 am flight this morning to Vancouver. It's currently delayed so we're having breakfast. The baggage conveyors were not working so bags are being stacked and hand carried. Hope we see our bags again. Oh the joy of flight!Lue lisää

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