Picos of Perfection

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 UKH Articles 05 Apr 2011
The view from the summit of Santa Ana, 2 kbAward-winning journalist and photographer Alf Alderson scrambles up some of Europe's least known mountains.

"The 'Peaks of Europe' is quite a grandiose title to apply to what is a relatively modest mountain range, but it's not a case of the wild limestone massifs of the Picos de Europa bigging themselves up – the name relates to the fact that in days gone by the shadowy blue-green peaks would be the first sighting of Europe for sailors heading from the west across the wild waters of the Atlantic."

Read more at http://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/page.php?id=3544


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