Lecrin Valley Limpers

Great walk a pity about the weather I have every sympathy with all our friends in Northern Europe who are covered under a blanket of snow so deep that you have to go back to the last ice age to find so much of it about. Here in the valley we are also suffering, you cannot go out of the door for two minutes without getting wet. I blame it all on these wind turbines, when we had coal powered power stations and global warming, winter s and summers just kept getting hotter. Now they have closed them all down and put these turbines up it’s cold, wet and windy. We had planned a walk around Monachil this week but things did not look too promising as rain was forecast. With every one suffering from cabin fever I was under a lot of pressure to lay on a bit of sun. I spent all Saturday night pouring over weather charts, reading the tea leaves ( difficult when you can only get tea bags) and staring at my crystal balls. By 7 am Sunday morning I was confident we had a we

The group on the Puente de Lata The weather forecast for Sunday was not promising, rain and cloud were on the menu, and the temperature was to be on the low side after a cold week. I had planned the walk so we were never too far away from a bar. Sunday morning dawned dry, the wind had gone, the temperature was a few degrees higher, and there were 12 wanting to go for a walk. We set off from Durcal, and headed off on a little track that runs along the edge of the Rio Durcal valley. This was going to be an easy walk, no steep ups and down, no nasty surprises. At the end of the valley we dropped down to the river which we had to cross, normally there is a little bridge or some stepping stones to help you across. This week there was nothing, just a 5 metre wide, icy cold river. I have always felt that a leader should lead from the front. So, to set an example, I was first across, it was the other poor sods I felt sorry for because I had some plastic bags to put over my b