Walk 17th February 2008

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What perfect walking weather we had this weekend, ideal for a good walk, and our stroll around our valley was certainly that. Walking amongst the Orange trees and Almond blossom was a real delight as we made our way down from Talara to Meligis and the lake. We then followed the lake side track towards Beznar, looking for wild asparagus and admiring the wild flowers and cormorants along the way. We had to do a small diversion when we got to the Chite beck, because the path had slipped away in the storms, but a new track is in the process of taking over, this is OK as long as the dam levels remain low, if at anytime it fills up again , it may well be necessary to swim this bit. When we rejoined the path we continued on to the park at where we stopped for a very civilised picnic complete with tables and chairs. We had not been there long before carloads of BeznarChite neighbours started arriving, comments were passed about me being there without my Mujer, and it was not long before word got back to Olwyn that I had been seen out with other women, So I am in trouble again! From Beznar we returned to using the high level TalaraAcequia route. To finish off a good walk we stopped at the Noche Azul in Talara for welcome refreshments and tapa.
The weather forecast at the moment for Sunday is for light cloud, if this should get worse our planned walk up Boca de la Pesca will be postponed and we will substitute a lower level walk, but in either case meet at the Acropolis bar at 9 am

Boca de la Pesca
This week we drive to Cumbres Verdes for the start of our walk. we then follow the camino de forestal road up to the car park at Sevilla before heading off in the direction of Boca de la Pesca. This is an easy attained summit and gives you 360 degrees views of Granada and the Sierra Nevada's. Our return to Cumbres Verde takes us through farm land and forest.

Description of walk
Height gained
 170 meters
Length
 10 Klm
Estimated time
 3 hours walking
Difficulty
 4
Meet
 The Acropolis bar Mondújar 9am

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