The Olive Oil Greenway
Nov. 26th, 2009 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
In Saturday's Guardian Travel section, a description of walking routes in Spain, converted from disused railway lines. The route described is the Via Verde del Aceite, in the province of Jaén: I wouldn't want to walk 50 kilometres in two days myself, even on the easy gradients offered by disused railways - but perhaps that bit is negotiable? For reference, then, the Green Ways network has a web site,
For some reason, searching the Guardian's site for Via Verde del Aceite didn't find this article; but it did turn up an article published in the Observer in 2002, which considers the Green Ways as cycling (rather than walking) routes. The two writers also disagree about whether the viaducts are actually by Eiffel himself - now, that's an incentive!
For some reason, searching the Guardian's site for Via Verde del Aceite didn't find this article; but it did turn up an article published in the Observer in 2002, which considers the Green Ways as cycling (rather than walking) routes. The two writers also disagree about whether the viaducts are actually by Eiffel himself - now, that's an incentive!