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ng across Northern Spain J John Sutcliffe ohn’s coast to coast walk across the mountains of Northern Spain started last year when he completed 1,000 km of the GR-1 that runs along the Pyrenean foothills, (Autumn Media Bulletin 2018). Resuming the walk in the spring, he continued on the GR-1 into the Cantabrian Mountains, crossing the Western Massif of the Picos de Europa on the GR-203 (Ruta de la Reconquista). After dropping down to Contact John... Telephone 077 4828 2098 Email [email protected] Website www.johnsutcliffe.net Oviedo, John followed the Camino Primitivo along the beautiful Cantabrian high-country to Santiago, then completing the walk with a short dash to Cape Finisterre on Spain’s western seaboard. ‘A sheer joy to explore some of Spain’s spectacular mountain landscapes, and across lush valleys and solitary plains steeped in history’, comments John. A diary on the walk is being posted on John’s website.