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El Hierro is just 35km along its longest axis and yet in this tiny speck of land lost in the mighty ocean encompasses an astonishing variety of attractions: lush cloud forests, ancient trees twisted by the stiff ocean breeze, soaring peaks emerging above a sea of clouds, wild ocean waves and sheltered coves perfect for snorkelling, barren lava floes misty uplands that bring to mind rural Ireland.   I will begin with the most obvious attraction, and one that dominates almost e