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03:19
6.79km
2.0km/h
60m
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Jan went for a hike.
October 11, 2025
This was our last and my favourite walk. We started at Boa Morte and walked along the Levada do Norte. This levada has spectacular views all the way along and it is also quiet and does not feel like a tourist attraction. The path wanders through pretty villages and agricultural land before finishing at Cabo Girao where there is a viewing point for 3euro...........not really worth going on there as the views we've seen along the route were better. Definitely recommend this levada.
02:29
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110m
Jan went for a hike.
October 9, 2025
We had a transfer to Ribeiro Frio. This levada was much quieter and was just as pretty with interesting rock formations and caves. Beautiful, verdant forests. At the end of the walk we dropped down to Santo de Serra where our next hotel was going to be. Really enjoyed this walk.
03:22
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3.6km/h
150m
310m
Jan went for a hike.
October 8, 2025
We had a transfer from our hotel to Parque das Queimadas. The road was very narrow leading to the car park. We were advised to get there early as it gets extremely busy along the levada. It certainly was. The levada path was very narrow in places and many people were trying to pass each other coming back from the waterfall. It was an interesting walk with four tunnels which you needed torches for. I would have enjoyed it more if there had been less people on the path. When we got to the waterfall we found that if was pretty uneventful and just a trickle of water. Half way back along the levada, we took the path to Ilha. This initially was a beautiful walk through woodland. Then it started to drop down to the town. We were warned not to go this way if it had been raining as it could be slippery. Well, it hadn't been raining and I found it difficult to stay upright. If I did this walk again, we would walk back along to the beginning of the levada. I can see why this levada is popular but it's not my favourite. Make sure that you get there early if you do it.
03:33
13.1km
3.7km/h
330m
790m
Jan went for a hike.
October 7, 2025
This was our first walk in Madeira. It should have been a walk from our hotel (which was lovely) to Sao Jorge. However, it was quite slippery underfoot heading down to the bay and it took longer than expected. So we decided to forget climbing up to Sao Jorge and just go back the way that we had come. We had been told that this walk was challenging, but anyone with a good level of fitness may enjoy it. The fact that we were going to have to climb up, then walk back the way we had come, made our mind up to only do half of it. We didn't particularly enjoy this walk, simply because we found it hard going and linear.
01:06
4.75km
4.3km/h
310m
300m
September 26, 2025
Started at Ambleside and it's a gentle climb up to Loughrigg Fell. A really nice walk then down to Grasmere and into Tweedies Bar. Caught the bus back to the start.
September 26, 2025
Climbed this mountain a few times but this time it was to say goodbye as it's now too difficult for us. Started at Swirl's car park, the way up is stepped for most of the way. Very blustry at the top so sat in the shelter to eat our butties. It was a Saturday, so very popular. We walked back down to
September 26, 2025
Took this walk from "Secret walks in London" book when we were housesitting for our daughter. It was a really interesting walk with lots of history from the book. We walked past the old Spillers factory, walked closely to the Thames Barrier, past the Tate and Lyle factory, walked under the Woolwich tunnel
September 26, 2025
We started walking from Selsley which is a little off route, through a wood, where a deer raced by us. There was much woodland walking up and down steeply.
Eventually we got to Coaly Peak where we saw hang gliders and had a steep climb up to Cam Long Down. At this point, we realised that we would not
September 26, 2025
Walked around the park at Keswick and got onto the old railway line. At Travis Perkins, we got off this path and started to climb the road, up to the Stone Circle. Walked towards Walla Crag where there is a seat for lunch overlooking Cat Bells and Derwent Water, then down through the woods towards Derwent
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