27 October 2013 Olivares

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The walk this week was our big end of the month walk and we went on a very interesting walk around Moclin that had a bit of something for everyone.
The walk started from Olivares and followed a campo road alongside the Rio Velilos before joining a delightful little path that meanders along the hillside. The autumn tints were just starting to appear and the trees looked superb. After following the river for about 3 km you come to a wobbly bridge. For anyone of a nervous disposition it is best crossed solo as it swings about a bit with two or more on it. There then follows a suspended walkway above the river, real Indiana Jones stuff, ideal for the adventurous amongst us.
We stopped for elevenses at a picnic site with tables and chairs, Dave was nearly overcome with emotion after we found this, the perfect place for him. Continuing, we went to look at the cave paintings, these are small single figure paintings of hunters and animals, just left exposed on a rock face, no signs to them, no one collecting money to view them, no vandalism.  
The next item on the agenda was the Cuerva Malalmuerzo, quite a large cave hidden away on a hillside. Where the name came from I do not know but we decided to carry on to Toza before we stopped for our lunch.
The walk to Toza is uphill along country a road. I think it was a race to get there first, Jan was the winner, next time we will give him some rocks to carry. At the top of the hill there was the perfect picnic spot, a large Plane tree with a lot of shade and a good selection of rocks to sit on, so we stopped here for a well deserved lunch.  
After lunch we continued into Toza and on to the remains of the prehistoric settlement where you can see evidence of man’s existence in this area over thousands of years.
The only trouble with this historic site is getting out, they have recently put a fence around it, and now the path that runs through it and back to Los Olivares is blocked, we were not the only ones who have escaped by tunneling under the fence.
It was all downhill from here back to Olivares, well, there was some uphill bits but not much.
In Olivares we stopped in a bar for some well deserved refreshments before returning to our valley.
A very enjoyable day out in an very interesting area.       
After the success of walking along the elevated causeway how about trying this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsRYjJsW3w it is the El camino del rey near Malaga.

We walked 18.6 km and climbed 692 metres.
This week there is no group photo, my camera is playing up..

On the walk Graham, Plym, John, Conchi, Mike, Kees, Rene, Dave, Julie, Elsa, Javier, Rose Maria, Jele, Frank, Jan, Martine, Perry and myself.

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