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Join us for an easy hike starting from Girona. This is a scenic circular hike through riverside paths, quiet countryside tracks, and forest trails to the Salt del Timbarro waterfall near Sarrià de Ter. The route passes the Ter River, woodlands, farmland, and the historic church of Sant Pau before returning along the beautiful Ribes del Ter promenade. 🗺️ **Route:** [https://ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-senderisme/girona-salt-del-timbarro-ribes-del-ter-88780091](https://ca.wikiloc.com/rutes-senderisme/girona-salt-del-timbarro-ribes-del-ter-88780091) 🗓️ **Date:** Sunday 26 April 2026 🕘 **Meeting time:** 9 AM 📌 **Meeting point:** El Rellotge de la Devesa de Girona ([https://maps.app.goo.gl/X4gztYcr97CimQJ26](https://maps.app.goo.gl/X4gztYcr97CimQJ26)) 📏 **Distance:** 14 km ⬆️ **Elevation gain:** 167 m 🔁 **Type:** Loop 🟢 **Difficulty:** Easy **Join our WhatsApp group:** [gironabuddies.com/april26](gironabuddies.com/april26) *** **Everyone welcome!** Girona Buddies Hiking is a WhatsApp community, and we organise all our hikes and other events there: **WhatsApp group for this hike:** [gironabuddies.com/april26](gironabuddies.com/april26) **Our WhatsApp community:** [gironabuddies.com/hiking](www.gironabuddies.com/hiking) **Instagram:** [instagram.com/hikegirona](www.instagram.com/hikegirona) Looking forward to hiking with you! ✨ We organise all our hikes on WhatsApp at [gironabuddies.com/hiking](www.gironabuddies.com/hiking). You can see previous hikes we did at [instagram.com/hikegirona](www.instagram.com/hikegirona). **Liability notice:** This is a free, informal, non-guided hike. By joining, you take part voluntarily and at your own risk. Please ensure you are comfortable with the route and are responsible for your own safety and equipment. The organisers cannot accept liability for accidents, injury, loss, or damage, except where required by law.

Let’s meet and share our thoughts about Carson McCullers’ novella, The Ballad of The Sad Café.

Attend a free seminar on how to have successful and lasting relationships. At this seminar you will learn: How to spot and handle negative and toxic relationships. How to get through the "rough patches" in a relationship. How to choose the right people to work with. The three things that make or break any relationship. How to make a good relationship great. All are welcome. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. Hosted by the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

This month we’ll be reading Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Feel free to come even if you don’t finish the book!

This is a free, in-person meeting on the subject of betrayals, losses and how to get over them so you can build lasting relationships. Burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. We look forward to having you join us! This class is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

You can also join the meeting by Conference Call at (518) 263-8851.

Posting this early because seemingly all Sundays in May are holidays or busy! I picked a shorter thriller that's hopefully a fast read/listen. [Columbus library link to book](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3458940) Location: Grandview Cafe, *1455 W. 3rd Ave*, Columbus, OH 43212 [Menu](https://www.grandviewcafe.com/menu) Book summary: Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens, Georgia. He's got a couple close friends, a steady paycheck working for a regional airline, and of course, for a few glorious days each Fall, college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guy -- despite the fact that he's suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child, one that has left him unable to speak or to move without a wheelchair. Largely confined to his home, Daniel spends the hours he's not online communicating with irate air travelers observing his neighborhood from his front porch. One young woman passes by so frequently that spotting her out the window has almost become part of his daily routine. Until the day he's almost sure he sees her being kidnapped.