Walk 13th May

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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' dog appears to have unlimited supplies of energy and must have covered at least six times the distance, often behaving like a mountain goat!
On our return we proceeded to the bar situated just below the car park to meet with Bob, Githa and baby Daniel. However, the bar owner was very unwelcoming, stating that we could not sit on the terrace unless we ordered meals. We promptly left and went to the small bar by the bridge in Monochil. We had a very friendly welcome from the Argentinians running the bar, where we spent a pleasant two hours consuming jugs of beer followed by raciones of an Argentinian meat feast from the BBQ and very good tapa.
I have to report an incident at the picnic area on the walk. Gareths' cake was snatched from his hand. Before I am condemned as the culprit by reputation I have to "dob - in" the guilty party as Peter's dog.
Present on the walk
Charlie, Gillian, Peter, Margaret, Alan, John, Gareth, Quina, Liz, Lesley, and Colin.
Your humble leader in the absence of Stuart
Graham

P.s I apologise for the tardiness of the report.


Our walk this next week the 13th May is back to the Huétor National Park, I know we went there a couple of months back, but this is a different walk, and at this time of the year, now that the sun has decided to shine upon us, the wild flowers should be wonderful and the views will be spectacular. We have to drive to Huétor at the other side of Granada and then, depending on the group and the road conditions within the park, we will make a decision as to what the walk will be. The preferred option is that we drive to the top end of the park and walk back on a wonderful path. There is only a small amount of ascent but there is a long descent, and it should take about 3 hours to walk, but because the walk is linear we will have a number of cars to move about. There is no tapa arranged but we can stop at the Bar Romeros in Padul on our return.
If you are going on the walk please meet in the car park in Nigúelas at 9am

Have a good week

Stuart

I don't want to gloat but the weather in Spain as finally returned to normal, warm sunshine blue skies. I understand that the UK as also returned to normal, grey skies and rain. Ha. Ha.

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