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It’s raining… mice?
Backpacking, Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Ax les thermes, Hiking, Mini adventures, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 8/9/24 Backpacking, Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Ax les thermes, Hiking, Mini adventures, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 8/9/24

It’s raining… mice?

In which a mouse falls on my head

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Flowers, showers and a touch of the sun
Backpacking, Hiking, Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Ax les thermes, Heat exhaustion, The effects of overheating Neil Pitts 8/4/24 Backpacking, Hiking, Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Ax les thermes, Heat exhaustion, The effects of overheating Neil Pitts 8/4/24

Flowers, showers and a touch of the sun

In which we get our first shower for a week.

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Rain Stops Play - Briefly
Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Backpacking, Hiking, Adventure travel, Mountains Neil Pitts 7/28/24 Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Backpacking, Hiking, Adventure travel, Mountains Neil Pitts 7/28/24

Rain Stops Play - Briefly

In which we spend a day horizontal and meet donkeys in the mist.

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What have we done!?
Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Backpacking, Hiking, Ax les thermes, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 7/26/24 Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Backpacking, Hiking, Ax les thermes, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 7/26/24

What have we done!?

In which we wonder if we have bitten off more than we can chew.

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Another Adventure begins
Pyrenees, Hiking, Backpacking, Pyrenees 2024 Neil Pitts 7/9/24 Pyrenees, Hiking, Backpacking, Pyrenees 2024 Neil Pitts 7/9/24

Another Adventure begins

Me a Mrs P head for the mountains once again, but this time by train.

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At last! But…
alps, Austria, Mini adventures, The Alps, Hiking, Mountains , Snowy mountains , Austria trip 2023, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 9/15/23 alps, Austria, Mini adventures, The Alps, Hiking, Mountains , Snowy mountains , Austria trip 2023, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 9/15/23

At last! But…

In which we finally head off to climb a snowy mountain, or so we thought.

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Forest Chump
alps, Austria, Mini adventures, Mountains , Hiking, Austria trip 2023, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 9/13/23 alps, Austria, Mini adventures, Mountains , Hiking, Austria trip 2023, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 9/13/23

Forest Chump

In which we fail to hike up through an ancient forest

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A quick catch-up
alps, Austria, Mini adventures, mountain bike, The Alps, Via ferrata , Hiking, Mountains , Gandalf on Tour, Austria trip 2023, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 9/9/23 alps, Austria, Mini adventures, mountain bike, The Alps, Via ferrata , Hiking, Mountains , Gandalf on Tour, Austria trip 2023, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 9/9/23

A quick catch-up

In which I provide a quick overview to fill a rather long gap

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So much for one post a day.
alps, Austria, The Alps, Hiking, Mountains , Gandalf on Tour, Austria trip 2023, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 8/3/23 alps, Austria, The Alps, Hiking, Mountains , Gandalf on Tour, Austria trip 2023, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 8/3/23

So much for one post a day.

In which I try to make up for a complete failure to blog daily by posting one blog that covers a whole week

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Sisyphus meets the Fern Pass.
Austria trip 2023, Austria, The Alps, Mini adventures, Mountains , Hiking, Gandalf on Tour, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 7/17/23 Austria trip 2023, Austria, The Alps, Mini adventures, Mountains , Hiking, Gandalf on Tour, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 7/17/23

Sisyphus meets the Fern Pass.

Our seemingly sisyphean task of crossing the Fern Pass into Austria is finally over as we arrive in Nassereith. 

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The ups and downs of up
France & Spain 2022, Mini adventures, Spain , Hiking, Mountains , Covid 19, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 11/15/22 France & Spain 2022, Mini adventures, Spain , Hiking, Mountains , Covid 19, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 11/15/22

The ups and downs of up

Hatless, his bare hands shoved firmly in his oh so tight pockets, he bade us a somewhat blue lipped “Ola!” as he strode purposefully upwards to his icy grave.

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Rambling in the Rambla
France & Spain 2022, Mini adventures, Spain , Mountains , Hiking, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 11/13/22 France & Spain 2022, Mini adventures, Spain , Mountains , Hiking, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 11/13/22

Rambling in the Rambla

We hike up a dry riverbed, or much more poetically, ramble up a rambla, to the prettiest village in Spain

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Mrs P’s 4 Day Boot Camp
Pyrenees , France & Spain trip 2021, Hiking, Mountains Neil Pitts 10/13/21 Pyrenees , France & Spain trip 2021, Hiking, Mountains Neil Pitts 10/13/21

Mrs P’s 4 Day Boot Camp

The above conversation is a verbatim record of the actual words uttered by Mrs P as I remember them. Please note that both time and events since this conversation may have somewhat skewed my recollection (i.e. Mrs P might refute this record).

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