To be honest I feel mixed emotions when a walker using a guide points out a route change (thanks Amir).  On the one hand, a bit of my prec...

Time flies.  It’s  10 years since I first walked the GR1, the Sendero Histórico, a 53-day walk across northern Spain.  Given everything that...

It seems a long time ago since I walked the GR1 so it's lovely to have my memories refreshed by someone who has made the trip recently....

What's it like walking the GR1 - great feedback from Stephen Mulvey Most years I spend a week cycling with friends at the end of May...

A Guest Blog from Tarjei Næss Skrede There’s a world of walking opportunities out there, but what led me to a remote pass in the Parque ...

A Guest Blog from Rob and Debby McColl A GR1 adventure 28 April – 17 June 2016 We surprised ourselves in 2012 by completing the 30...

The GR1 guide ( Spain's Sendero Historico: The GR1: Northern Spain - Picos to the Mediterranean (Trekking) has been out there over 6 ...

Rebecca and Barry are zooming along the GR1 as I write, heading from east to west and have now completed Stage 7.  Lovely to get their fee...

Judging by the emails I'm getting, hikers from all over the world are making their way to Spain to walk the GR1 with the help of my  g...

I'm getting lots of questions from potential GR1 hikers about wild camping in Spain. I've tried to answer as best as I can but bec...

Thanks Stephen for your questions - I hope you don't mind me sharing them alone with the answers. 1 Cows. You mention that walkers...

What fun - an interview on radio (Talk Radio Europe) to discuss  Spain's Sendero Historico: The GR1: Northern Spain - Picos to the Med...

The guide to the GR1 has been produced on the assumption that walkers will use the local accommodation, walk from place to place and, for...

As it would be for any long-distance route in Spain finding your way along the GR1 can be a challenge. Spanish walking routes are 'de...

Although the GR1 uses original and often ancient footpaths the route itself is not ancient in origin. Unlike the Way of St James it didn...

Walking in Spain is a special experience.  Spain was the last country in Western Europe to experience rural depopulation, and the remnants ...

Apart four days spent crossing the flat plain in the Navarre and two days approaching the Mediterranean coast the GR1 is a walk through the...

The GR1 Sendero Histórico is a 1250km long distance footpath that traverses the north of Spain.  Part of Spain's impressive network of ...

I get funny, sometimes critical, looks when I'm on a walk plugged into music or whatever.  It's as if I'm not showing 'resp...

This my third visit to the 1000 km GR1 Sendero Histórico, a trail which crosses northern Spain from the Cantabrian Mountains in Asturias t...