Lecrin Valley Limpers

Dear all The walk this last week was a return to the Huetor National park at the far side of Granada, and in line with our recently acquired green credentials we managed the outing by using 3 cars. On future outings we are planning to use pack mules only. There are 2 ways to do the walk, the hard way, which is a circular walk, or the easy way which is a linear walk, we chose the easy way which involves driving to the top of the park and walking back through the woods on a very easy and pleasant path. The route is a high level route at around 1800 meters and the views in all directions are outstanding. At the first picnic stop there is a pictorial map showing all the peaks of the Sierra Nevada which can be seen from this point. Our ornithological knowledge was further expanded when we saw numerous different types of birds which we were able to identify as big birds and little birds, couple this with the birds that float on water we saw a couple of weeks ago and you can see

Walk in the Monochil gorge on Sunday 6th May. We set off in a convoy of three cars (fully loaded - leaving some cars in Niguelas car park - very ecological.) Having arrived at the Otivar - Padul roundabout we proceeded to be very Spanish by parking on the roundabout itself to await the arrival of Quina. On arrival at the car park above Monochil we met with Colin and Lesley and the group of twelve happy souls together with three dogs wondered off into the gorge. Renewing my acquaintance with the gorge proved to be in the realms of "as good as it gets"! and everyone seemed to enjoy the experience particularly those who had not been before. In the absence of el Presidente I took an executive decision to extend the walk by half an hour as far as the hydroelectric station. We duly returned to Monochil with fantastic views down into the gorge. On the way back Peters' dog encountered a herd of goats and had to be restrained having never seen a goat before. Peters&#