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Catalunia (Barcelona, Girona)

Cunit - Cerbere 299.6 km - April 2009

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April 2009. We reached France. Northern Spain is very nice to walk in. There is a huge diversity of terrain from the coast to the Pyrenees. Placid flat farmland lies alongside 1000 foot forested hills. There are rivers and streams. Deciduous trees thrive here but not further south. There is a huge diversity of wild flowers and there are still wild boar. The Pyrenees rise to 11000 feet and have snow covered peaks for most of the year. Girona would make a good base for anyone wanting to walk in the area.

Date / Distance

Transport and Route Summary

Sat 4^thApr 2009

Beccles to Barcelona.
Car, Flight, Trains.
Uneventful apart from the ritalin deficient school PE department.

Sun 5^thApr 2009
18.9 km

Cunit to Sitges.
Train.
A pleasant sea front walk.

Mon 6^thApr 2009
21.7 km

Sitges to Platja de Castelldefels.
Train.
We headed inland on pleasant tracks and paths. We had to hide (or appear as unwanted extras in a movie). The last leg was back on the sea front.

Tue 7^thApr 2009
20.8 km

Platja de Castelldefels to El Prat de Llobregat.
Train.
A pleasant seafront walk. We passed west of El Prat airport through a nature reserve and stayed on rural roads almost all the way to the Cercania station.

Wed 8^thApr 2009
20.6 km

El Prat de Llobregat to Home.
Train.
The first few kilometres avoided motorways and industrial zones. Then we headed through residential Barcelona and light industrial and commercial areas. After some park land, we reached our flat. Remarkably pleasant for a big city.

Thu 9^thApr 2009
25.0 km

Home to Vilassar de Mar.
Train.
Dawn walk through Barcelona followed by sea front walking, occasionally bypassing some big industry.

Fri 10^thApr 2009
21.1 km

Vilassar de Mar to Canet de Mar.
Train.
Sea front walking. This style of walk is becoming repetitive.

Sat 11^thApr 2009
22.0 km

Canet de Mar to Blanes.
Train
Yet more sea front. Towards the end, we head inland with some relief.

Sun 12^thApr 2009
22.9 km

Blanes to Sils.
Train.
Hill and forest walking followed by lowland agriculture. This was a nice change although the weather became cold and wet.

Mon 13^thApr 2009
25.8 km

Sils to Fornells de la Selva.
Train.
Agricultural paths and forest walking. Very nice.

Tue 14^thApr 2009
23.9 km

Fornells de la Selva to Flaça.
Train.
More lowland agriculture followed by 1000 foot forested hills. After a 6 km parallel with a main road, this was very nice walking terrain.

Wed 15^thApr 2009
18.4 km

Flaça to Sant Miquel de Fluvià.
Train.
We had to wade across a wide ford, shin deep in fast flowing water. Otherwise the walk was very pleasant and rural.

Thu 16^thApr 2009
24.3 km

Sant Miquel de Fluvià to Vilajuiga.
Train.
Another rural walk with views of the snowy Pyrenees in the distance. Later in the day, a thunderstorm brewed up but mostly missed us. The destination station was not in "Station Road" so we had a last minute rush to get to the proper place.

Fri 17^thApr 2009
23.7 km

Vilajuiga to Portbou.
Train.
We are now walking in the foot hills of the Pyrenees. This is much more interesting and much harder work.

Sat 18^thApr 2009
10.5 km

Portbou to Cerbère.
Train.
We used a mountain path to cross from Spain into France. There was video security at the start of this path. perhaps this is the norm in the 21st century. We could easily have diverted a few yards to avoid the camera. Perhaps it was only to deter vehicular traffic. France and Spain seem to be at war over the rail link between these villages. A more comical and stupid bureaucratic state of affairs could not be found in an Ealing comedy.

Sun 19^thApr 2009

Barcelona to Beccles.
Train, Flight, Car.
Uneventful.

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2005 - Spain	Andalucía:	Huelva Cádiz Tarifa Estepona Vélez-Málaga La Rábita Cabo de Gata
	Murcia:	Murcia
	Valencia:	Alicante Altea Valencia
	Catalunya:	Tarragona Barcelona and Girona
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	Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur:	Toulon
2012 - Italy	Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy:	Genova Cremona Verona
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