Walk 14 June 2015 Albuñuelas

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Our walk this Sunday, the 14th June, was from Albuñuelas, we had arranged to meet in the carpark and then we had a short drive up on to the ridge.
The temperature had been falling for the previous few days and there was a chill in the air, only the brave or foolhardy were tempted to wear shorts and T-shirts, the rest preferring thermals. There was an ominous bank of cloud in the distance which I was hoping would not blow over our way and bring with it the possibility of rain.
We set off in the direction of the windmills, the walk was virtually all on campo tracks which makes for good easy walking. After 6 kms there is a gate across the road which necessitates a small diversion through a field. I don’t know why this brought a few questions about getting lost again, this was a known deviation and was part of the original itinerary.
The walk continued, now heading downhill to a large sink hole, where a whole field had sunk by about 3 metres. We took our lives in our hands and stopped here for an early lunch and to admire the extensive  views over the valley.
After lunch we followed the campo road back towards the cars. The noise from the Cicadas was deafening. Now I don’t know about you but I have never seen one, they always miraculously go quiet when you are looking for them. Somehow Fernando managed to sneak up and capture one, it looks nothing like what I expected, and the noise from just one of them is unbelievable. Fernando explained that the noise they make is not produced by their legs but it is produced from a noisemaker.
We continued along campo roads back to the cars.
Back in Albuñuelas we stopped off at a bar for refreshment, and then went for tapas at Dave and Julie’s.
Whilst it did cloud over the rain never arrived, but it did stay cool most of the day, the long trousers and warm shirts previously packed away for the summer have reappeared.
   
We walked 11.8 km and climbed 490 metres

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