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An
amiable amble in Andalucia - Stephen McClarence, The Times
Weekend, February 14 1998
Nice
ass, shame about the legs - Peter Jessup - Evening Standard,
15 April 1998
Food
- Minette Martin - The Spectator, 17 June 1997
At
the Arab fortress of Aguila, we file through a forest of cork oak. The
trees might have been designed for Hansel and Gretel - Julie
Davidson, The Glasgow Herald, 28 Dec 1996
Steps
across the sierra - Brian Jackman, The Daily Telegraph, 27
January 1996
Walk
in a dry landscape - Michael J Woods, The Financial Times
A
short walk in Andalucia - Robert Alstead, The Scotsman,
26 August 1995
Walking
into temptation (The Lot Valley, France) - Brian Jackman, The
Telegraph
Of
Men and Manana - Peter Hughes - The Times Magazine, Jan
15, 1994
Walk
on the wild side of the high sierra - William Green - The
Mail on Sunday, July 5 1992
Spanish
Steps - Brian Jackman, The Sunday Times, 17 May 1992
Ellis Kingman, Lookout,
Feb, 1993
"The seven tents nestled in the shade of huge cork trees
were somehow reminiscent of an African safari. This isn't Africa but a
seldom visited, wild corner of Andalusia on the edge of the Grazalema
National Park near Ronda. The East African tents, extended to include
the modern convenience of a hot shower and toilet, are the central staging
area for "Andalucian Safari's".
"They had set out
that morning from the village of Gaucin. Accompanied by a British guide
and a Spanish muleteer with three mules loaded with supplies, they headed
north along a path used, not that long ago, by smugglers running contraband
tobacco from Gibraltar. The route took them through cork forests where
Iberian pigs foraged for acorns, across gushing streams, and past the
ruins of fortresses in what was centuries ago the frontier between Moorish
and Christian Spain. The air was fresh the scent of wild herbs. For the
dozen British travellers taking part in the week-long journey on foot
through the Andalusian sierras, this was about as far removed from their
jobs back home as they could get.
"Healthy exercise,
wonderful food and luxurious accommodation set in the Serrania de Ronda
are the Arbuthnott's ingredients in introducing the visitor to Spain's
hinterland."
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Vicky Carlisle,
Country Living, 8/92
"Paloma (the mule), forelock fringed with red woollen tassels, stumbled
and slithered over the stony track curling through the Sierra de Espartina.
Here Europe and Africa brush fingertips and in the distance rose the slate-coloured
hump of Gibraltar and the Rif mountains of Morocco. Kestrels and red kites
swung silently overhead."
"At Campamento de Castillejos, just outside the frontier post of
Cortes de la Frontera, we were treated to five star camping Arbuthnott
style: each tent had its own verandah, proper raised beds, gas heater
and shower room. On the bedside table was a handbell, to summon Pedro
for hot water. This is the stuff of Africa."
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