Walk 23rd March 2008

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Our walk on Sunday was to the Huetor park natural, this walk is one of my favorites and it always gets awarded top marks from the Limpers, today was no exception . The conditions were perfect, a deep blue sky, warm sunshine, snow on the Sierras and good company to walk with. The arrangements for the walk were that we would meet inMondújar at 9am, but a story had gone around lower Chite during the week that the clocks went back this weekend. Can I state now, I did not have anything to do with the rumour, but it did mean that one person arrived inMondújar one hour early, modesty precludes me from mentioning names. The walk itself sets off from a car park on the Guadix road and you are soon walking in a thick pine forest on a camino forestal. One of the disadvantages of walking on a camino forestal is that they make excellent bikes tracks, whilst this is not normally anything to worry about, it can lead to unforeseen problems when, say, a female limper wants a few moments to herself behind a bush. It certainly nearly caused a major traffic accident when 5 high speed mountain bikers nearly collided after coming around a corner and discovering what one wag described as the "back end of Spain¨. The standard of the conversion went down hill from this point. I even received complements about my lovely legs, as this came from Kevin I was a bit worried. The views on the walk were stunning with every turn of the track revealing new vistas and it was a bit of a disappointment when after 4 hours of walking we found ourselves back at the cars. Upon our return toChite we went for tapa at Plym and Tony's. An excellent day out that was enjoyed by all. Thank you to Plym and Tony for hosting the tapa

The walk for Sunday 23rd March is the Dilar circular, subject to reasonable weather, because it is Easter it is set to deteriorate, if we can't navigate the river path we will do an alternative walk

Dilar Circular
The walk starts from the car park in the Rio Dilar and follows the path as it meanders beside the river and criss crossing it about 6 times. note there are no foot bridges, just a series of stones placed in the river to act as stepping stones. A spare pair of socks might well be worth taking, just in case of wet feet. Because we gain all the height over about 10 klm there is not much climbing to do, but we do loose all the height coming down a zig zag path with steps. This is a very good walk in wonderful surroundings. Tapa will be held at Jossetes house in Chite afterwards, if the walk is cancelled due to bad weather please come to tapa at Jossettes from 3 pm.

Description of walk
Height gained
 360 meters
Length
 14 kLM
Estimated time
 4 HOURS
Difficulty
 5
Meet
 Acropolis bar Mondújar 9 am

Have a good week and we hope to see you on Sunday

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