Inspired by Leo Houlding - Eric Holding On!

Hi everyone, Eric here - I know that a few of you have been wondering what I've been up to? Well, after watching Alastair Lee's brilliant film The Asgard Project, which follows British 'rock star' Leo Houlding as he makes the first free ascent of the mile high Mt Asgard on Baffin Island (deep in the Arctic) I have to admit that I was left feeling a bit inspired. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, so heres a couple of grands worth - the first's an Asgard pic of Leo, and the second's an Asgard vid of . . . . . . well just take a look!

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Picnic in the Clouds

We enjoyed a very atmospheric 5 hour picnic at the top of the Tagarina Valley. It was a continual cycle of clouds descending and clinging to the mountains before the sun would burn through and disperse them and then the process would start again.

The New Berghaus 'Sella' Windstopper Jacket

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Church Tower Under Wraps

Although there has been a lot in the news over the last few years about Spanish authorities cracking down on illegal properties (ie those built without the correct planning permissions) and in some cases even the demolition of such properties, we believe that this is not the case with the Sella village church of Santa Ana.

Although currently under wraps (scaffolding) we believe that this is just to enable repairs to the tower to be carried out, as opposed to demolition because some higher authority does not have his paperwork in order!

The Notch!

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A Donkey Tail

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Ridge Walkies!

Another great walk with MHS today - I had a great time,

we scrambled up to the top and then did a ridge walk!

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Berghaus Caption Contest Winner

(re post 02 Dec 2009)

I knew that dogs hunted in packs but this is ridiculous!

Rupert Tyrrell

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Local Geocache Found on 3rd Attempt

Su-Per found Sella's Divine Mountain (Traditional Cache)

Then we succeeded!!
On the third attempt we found the most impressive and exciting cache we have found until now. In our first and second attempts we 'attacked' our cache from the south side. We left the car - GPS show nearest driving ability to the cache. Parking around 1000 meters from the goal! But few hundred meters before the goal, we hit our heads against a vertical rock wall! So close to the target We agreed that the cache should be allocated with at least 103 stars under 'Terrain'. In the third attack, we followed the fine directions and arrived to the cache from the north side 2 days of intensive work was crowned with success. Thanks to Eric's Dad & Eric.

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GPS Walking Article

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PC With Internet Access

For those who choose not to bring a laptop, La Casa Blava now has a PC with full internet access in the top floor sitting room.

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Sella to Finestrat Road Closed

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The road (CV758) between Finestrat village and the CV770 to Sella has been closed for improvements. We are not sure if this is just a short temporary closure or whether it will last for the duration of the works.

This does NOT affect the normal route up to Sella from the coast (CV770 - Villajoyosa, Orcheta, Sella) so no problems getting to Sella.

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Basin & Book

Today - followed an ancient, but little used path that takes you to a small cave high above the village of Sella. Inside the cave, a natural spring and two stone basins can be seen. There is also a visitors book dating back to 2003 with comments and thoughts etc. of people who have visited this remote place.

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That Blessed Dog!

Sunday 17th January 2010 - Erics First Time In Church.

No, Eric has not been 'born again'. However, along with numerous other dogs, several cats and even budgies, he went to the Santa Ana church in Sella to be blessed as part of the anual fiesta of Saint Anthony.

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I like Snow!

Walking in the Tagarina Valley this afternoon

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WiFi Availabe

FREE WiFi is now available for all
guests staying at La Casa Blava.

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Buddhist Valley Walk

Photo taken whilst doing the Buddhist Valley Walk this afternoon.

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The 3 Kings

Being Epiphany (6th Jan) as is the tradition, the 3 Kings (Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar) arrived in Sella bearing gifts.

Another Sella tradition on this occasion is selecting an original form of transport and this year was no exception - they arrived on three dumper trucks!

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ZERO 1408 - the 2010 January Challenge

When we talk about the height of a mountain, we are refering to it's height above sea level so, we came up with the idea of doing just that - a walk from sea level to summit!

2nd January 2010, 07:30 - starting at the coast (zero meters above sea level) and walking to the summit of the mighty Puig Campana mountain (1408 meters above sea level) but of course that was not the finish, as we still had to come back down!

ZERO 1408 The Movie (8 mins)

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"There's no way round it. When it comes to Costa Blanca walking, Puig Campana is The One. Towering over everything else near the coast, its soaring dome fluted with turrets, towers and fanciful crenellations. The ascent looks daunting from a distance (from the south it's the long grey green scar in the middle of the mountain - yes, that one!) and it can get pretty daunting on the ground too." Charles Davis.

Date 2nd Jan 2010
Duration 10 hours 35 minutes
Length 23.34 km / 14.5 miles
Average Speed 2.25 kmh / 1.4 mph
Vertical Up 1527 m / 5010 ft
Vertical Down 1182 m / 3878 ft

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New Years Eve

Midnight saw a packed Plazor Mayor as everyone (and

their grapes) came out to welcome in 2010.

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