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68.04 Andorra: L'Aldosa de Canillo et al: Wandering up-and-down the mountains close to home, selecting our own trails and going with the slopes, a favorite time. (Plus an event for us).

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What a beautiful world...our fear is we don't respect it nor each other. 'Cry the Beloved Planet', Mr. Paton might have uttered. There are many hiking opportunities in this mountainous treasure of a land, including self-identified places to string together hikes with a difference. Not all opportunities are for hiking, we suppose, kid. While hiking couples just keep rising, in a manner of speaking. We loved this recent find although it literally took our breath away. (It commenced at road level). Jen comes over the rise with El Plans, Ransol and El Tarter in the rear respectively. We head into a forest and climb next to a mountain road with a river to the immediate right. We entered the forest at a different point from this exit. Only one of us was able to fit between the bars. See next picture for further explanation. In an unusual occurrence, we stepped off a mountain trail and headed for brunch. While one of us enjoyed a disciplined meal rem...