What a great day out we had on Sunday, in fact it was described by one walker as the best walk ever, mind, she says this after every walk. but it was a cracker, the scenery and the autumn colours were stunning. The walk started in Fondales in the Alpujaras and headed down to, and then across, the Rio Trevelez before heading up the dark side of Sierra Mercina. At this time of the year this north facing hillside is mostly in shadow in the morning with a few patches of sun light dotting the path, it was like walking in and out of a freezer. One of the big attractions of this walk is the way down from the top of Sierra Mercina. The drop is near vertical but the path is very ingeniously woven into the hillside, so much so that, when you get to the bottom you cannot see where you have been. I have done this walk a number of times but have never stopped at the health fountain. This is a natural spring, with carbonated water, absolutely fantastic, on the next visit I will take some bottles and start marketing this elixir of life. I feel sure that if I let my hair grow into dreadlocks, and tied our cat to a bit of string, I would do well at Orgiva market.
Upon our return to the valley we all went around to Margarets for tapa, now I really do feel sorry for Liz and Graham, Arthur, Deborah and a few others who have left the valley this last couple of weeks for warmer climates, so I won't bang on about the tapa, but we did have Mushroom tart, Fish pie, Shepherds pie, Carne de Membrilla, Salad, Garlic bread, Sauteed mushrooms, Quiche, Custard tart, Apple tart, Apple crumble and a load of others. Thank you to Margaret for hosting the do.
The weather forecast for Sunday is for a nice day but temperatures down to 11 degrees, so I think we will go to the Monachil gorge and try and get out of the way of what may well be a cool wind. Afterwards we shall be having tapa at Josettes house in Chite from 3pm
This is a €2 walk please pay the driver.
Upon our return to the valley we all went around to Margarets for tapa, now I really do feel sorry for Liz and Graham, Arthur, Deborah and a few others who have left the valley this last couple of weeks for warmer climates, so I won't bang on about the tapa, but we did have Mushroom tart, Fish pie, Shepherds pie, Carne de Membrilla, Salad, Garlic bread, Sauteed mushrooms, Quiche, Custard tart, Apple tart, Apple crumble and a load of others. Thank you to Margaret for hosting the do.
The weather forecast for Sunday is for a nice day but temperatures down to 11 degrees, so I think we will go to the Monachil gorge and try and get out of the way of what may well be a cool wind. Afterwards we shall be having tapa at Josettes house in Chite from 3pm
| height gained | 200 meters |
| Length | 9 km |
| Estimated time | 3 hours walking |
| Difficulty | 4 |
| Meet | The Acropolis bar Mondújar 9am or the roundabout at Padul 9.15 |
This is a €2 walk please pay the driver.
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