Walk Sunday 27th Januay 2008

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Dear all

I hate to start the letter this week by mentioning the weather, particularly when you poor souls back in the UK have been inundated with non stop rain since goodness knows when, but this weekend the weather has been unbelievable, absolutely fabulous, not a cloud in the sky, T shirts and shorts weather. There, that's upset 50% of the group in the first 2 lines.

Our walk this week was to Restabal castle. The walk started in Restabal and followed the path up to the abandoned village, and then continued as far as the camp site, where after persuading the owner to unlock the gates we stopped for a very enjoyable coffee on the terrace in the sunshine, and a tour of the site, while his cabins look comfortable enough, the ground looks a little rough for camping. Fortified with coffee and biscuits we resumed our walk to the castle at Restabal. I can't imagine that the castle was ever attacked, because nobody would ever find it, as the only evidence that it is there are the underground chambers, obviously an early attempt to make a stealth castle. We continued our walk back to Restabal stopping at bar Sifon, before returning to Chite for tapa.

Our walk this coming Sunday is the Rio Verde walk, this is a fabulous walk, best done in winter because you walk down into the gorge to start with, to view the petrified rocks and waterfalls. The problem with going down into the gorge, is that you have to climb back out of it later, whilst the path is good you do have to climb some 280 meters out of the valley. Total walking distance about 10km and about 4 hours walking. There is no tapa arranged this week so we stop off for a drink at one of the bars.

If you want to go on the walk meet in Nigúelas at 9am or at the new petrol station at the Argos roundabout 9.15 Sunday 27th, for the start of the walk about 20km down the Otiva road.

A bit of good news is that we saw Bob (windy) in the week and he looked full of health, it was good to see him and we hope he continues with his recovery. I don't know if anybody still remembers her but Annie Lamb, who used walk with us last year, has recently got very stroppy when corresponding with me, and is threatening me with serious repercussions for carrying on about the glorious weather, I look forward to her return in the spring so that we can sort her out.

Have a good week.

Stuart

The photo shows the wonderful weather we had in the valley this weekend.

Further photos of this and other walks can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/holidaysingranada/LecrinValleyLimpers


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