23 November 2014 Autumn colours in Huétor

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We have been having some very strange weather this week with the temperatures up to 25C, and the wind on Saturday made you reluctant to go out doors. The strange thing was it appeared to be coming from all four directions at once, and it was warm. An Englishman  died in Nigúelas when a roof tile fell on him, and a number of people have reported damaged roofs.
Our walk was in the Húetor Natural park and we were going to look at the autumn colours. I was afraid that with all the wind not only would there be no leaves on the trees but the trees would have gone as well.
The walk started from car park at junction 259, and followed a high level track as it wandered about high above the Rio Darro. After about 3 km we dropped down into the valley and then followed the river, cris crossing the Darro a number of times.
Fortunately at this point it is only a narrow stream, so I don’t think we had any wet feet this time.  We did have a few muddy knees when we came to a tree that had fallen across the path, The youngsters were able to limbo under it, the rest of us crawled.
The walk continued up to the Cueva de los Marmoles where we stopped for lunch. After another short climb we took the path leading back to the cars. We thought we all deserved some refreshment so we headed off in the direction of Huétor Santillán, only to find that everyone else had had the same idea. The bar was full, so we all went home with a raging thirst.
Whilst the autumn colours were not as good as last year we had a good walk, and everyone enjoyed it.  
We  walked 14.4 km and climbed 377 metres.

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