A Deranged Body Clock – Costa Blanca New Year

My body clock told me I should be climbing ice but, for one reason or another, here we were at Calpe with Ernie, half the FRCC and Terry Gifford not too far away.

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New Years Eve bolt clipping on Toix Placca. Well, could be worse 🙂 toix2.jpg
Sunset from the Toix looking south down Costa Blancapuig1.jpg
New Years Day and walking under the Puig Campana in hot sunshine towards, but not as far as….

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……the picturesque mountain village of Sella.

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Terry Gifford tops out on the wonderful, long mountain-route, Via Gene (5), on Cabezon de Oro, just north of Alicante.

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…….and thankfully leads us to the abseil niche 😀

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Our good buddy, Ernie, now lives in Calpe and is very happy indeed, as this picture shows (even though we had waited a long time for our fish & chips on Foxe’s fish & chip night) :angry:

Ernie sends his best wishes to his friends in England and Canada 🙂 .

8 thoughts on “A Deranged Body Clock – Costa Blanca New Year”

  1. All rite der Pete, La? 😆

    No, Ern’s given up linedancing now. He’s learning Spanish at night school and running 8 miles a day, often up and down the Pennon 😈

    It was really such a fun break 😀 I felt guilty about not seeking out somewhere ‘cold’ but, in the event, had a really good time, especially teaming up with Terry Gifford, which I arranged last minute. He’s always full of good ideas and that route on Cabenzo de Oro is really spectacular, I think better than Esperon Sur Central and a twaddle harder perhaps. Yet relatively unknown 💡 :star:

  2. Hi Terry,

    Would be interested in possibly using 2 of your images for a mountain magazine. Please contact me directly for details.

    Rgds,
    Eoin.

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