20 Oct, 2024 @ 11:56
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British hiker drops dead in front of wife and friends outside picturesque monastery in Spain

A BRITISH hiker has tragically died in front of his wife and friends in northern Spain.

The 73-year-old suddenly collapsed outside the Monastery of Valvanera (pictured above) in Anguiano.

The mountainous town, home to around 540 people, is situated in the wine-growing region of La Rioja.

According to emergency services, the alarm was raised at around 3pm on Saturday.

A woman reported that a man had fainted at the entrance to a hostel situated at the monastery.

Paramedics rushed to the scene but could nothing more than confirm the Brit’s death.

The group were on the hiking path that goes from the Monastery of Valvanera to Pancrudos.

An autopsy is being carried out on the Brit but all signs point to natural causes being behind the death.

Mental health experts have been working with the man’s wife and friends.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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