{"id":31249,"date":"2025-12-31T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?page_id=31249"},"modified":"2026-03-28T23:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:44:26","slug":"highlights-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2025-2029\/highlights-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Probably the biggest highlight of 2025 was my bike packing trip in Norway with George and Johannes. I&#8217;d been meaning to do a trip like this for a few years. I also did some very nice trips with Ari in Catalonia with her family and our friends. Another highlight of the year was flying in a small fixed wing plane with Ari and her Dad around Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-31922 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-catalonia category-climbing category-spain category-via-ferrata tag-highlight2025 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2025\/11\/ferrata-adventures-in-ager-oct-2025\/\" target=\"_self\" >Ferrata adventures in Ager Oct 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2025\/11\/ferrata-adventures-in-ager-oct-2025\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nggallery_import\/Nice-bridge-Ferrata-Adventures-Ager-Oct-2025-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ferrata adventures in Ager Oct 2025\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nggallery_import\/Nice-bridge-Ferrata-Adventures-Ager-Oct-2025-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nggallery_import\/Nice-bridge-Ferrata-Adventures-Ager-Oct-2025-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nggallery_import\/Nice-bridge-Ferrata-Adventures-Ager-Oct-2025-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nggallery_import\/Nice-bridge-Ferrata-Adventures-Ager-Oct-2025-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nggallery_import\/Nice-bridge-Ferrata-Adventures-Ager-Oct-2025-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nggallery_import\/Nice-bridge-Ferrata-Adventures-Ager-Oct-2025-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We had a few days of adventures in the hills near Ager in Catalonia. Friday Ari and I headed away on a Friday into the hills inland from Barcelona. We drove to&nbsp;Vilanova de Mei\u00e0 and spent a couple of hours climbing there at the Contrafort de Roca dels Arcs crag in the cliffs above the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-03T21:36:31+02:00\">November 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-31875 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-catalonia category-spain tag-highlight2025 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2025\/10\/flying-in-catalonia\/\" target=\"_self\" >Flying in Catalonia<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2025\/10\/flying-in-catalonia\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ari-and-Juon-in-the-back-Flying-Barcelona-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Flying in Catalonia\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ari-and-Juon-in-the-back-Flying-Barcelona-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ari-and-Juon-in-the-back-Flying-Barcelona-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ari-and-Juon-in-the-back-Flying-Barcelona-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ari-and-Juon-in-the-back-Flying-Barcelona-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ari-and-Juon-in-the-back-Flying-Barcelona-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ari-and-Juon-in-the-back-Flying-Barcelona-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">And now for something completely different!&nbsp; Ari, her father, and I drove to an airfield near Barcelona where Joan was going to take us for a flight in a small fixed wing plane. This was our second attempt after the first was thwarted by the weather not playing ball. Joan has been flying these small&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-19T00:55:00+02:00\">October 19, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30832 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-caving tag-highlight2025 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2025\/01\/te-tahi-cave-jan-2025\/\" target=\"_self\" >Te Tahi Cave Jan 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2025\/01\/te-tahi-cave-jan-2025\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1444\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nggallery_import\/The-first-40m-pitch-Te-Tahi-cave-Jan-2025-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Te Tahi Cave Jan 2025\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nggallery_import\/The-first-40m-pitch-Te-Tahi-cave-Jan-2025-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nggallery_import\/The-first-40m-pitch-Te-Tahi-cave-Jan-2025-800x451.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nggallery_import\/The-first-40m-pitch-Te-Tahi-cave-Jan-2025-2048x1155.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nggallery_import\/The-first-40m-pitch-Te-Tahi-cave-Jan-2025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nggallery_import\/The-first-40m-pitch-Te-Tahi-cave-Jan-2025-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nggallery_import\/The-first-40m-pitch-Te-Tahi-cave-Jan-2025-1536x866.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Craig and I drove to Charleston where we met Pip and Kieran and stayed at the caver&#8217;s hut. Pip sprung a cave on us the following day which turned out to be a very good day out. &nbsp; We did the nearby Te Tahi Cave, a 20 minute drive from the hut in Charleston. The&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-02T09:21:00+02:00\">January 2, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Probably the biggest highlight of 2025 was my bike packing trip in Norway with George and Johannes. I&#8217;d been meaning to do a trip like this for a few years. I also did some very nice trips with Ari in Catalonia with her family and our friends. 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