Walks Sunday 31 January 2016

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This week we had two walks planned, the end of the month long walk and an easier walk with Hilary
Hilary’s walk
It was perfect walking weather and I counted 17 at we left the lavaderos. The countryside was full of the little puffs of pink and white from the more distant almonds and fragrance from those near at hand. Our walk was mainly through pine woods on a narrow path that roughly followed the contour taking us away from Pinos del Valle with occasional glimpses of the Ermita way above.  We walked for more than 7.5 km, climbed less than 200 m, took about 2 1/2  hrs and came back with the full compliment.
> Not shown in the photo are Rocio and Pedro and daughters Paula and Lucia aged 6 and 7 who headed home before the detour to the bar and Robert, Jenny and Flis who were chatting to a local who had given them lemons.
Sorry about the photo which seems to have cut off some legs and heads.
Hilary
Longer walk from Cumbres Verde.
This week we went to Cumbres Verde for our big walk. This is one of my favorite areas to walk from, due to the many different routes that you can do from here.
Our team of 12 met up at the Sevilla car park above Cumbres Verde for what was promising to be an excellent day's walking.
It was still a little chilly as we set off in the morning, particularly when we were walking in the shade, but we knew this would not be a problem when we started the climb. Depending on which direction you do the walk you can either have an easy ascent and a steep descent or a steep ascent and easy descent. We opted for the latter on the basis that there were more dodgy knees than dicky hearts. To start with you follow the road up to the 7 eye bridge and then start the ascent proper, towards Cerro Huenes. The path is not particularly steep but you are climbing for 1 ½ hours, following a twisting track as it meanders through pine forest.
The summit of Huenes is well worth the effort, the views are superb, a full 360 degree panoramic eye candy treat. It was so good we even stopped for a little lunch break so we could take in the view. After retracing our steps a little way we picked up the track that would take us over to our lunch spot at the botanical gardens. This was going to be the treat of the day as I had reserved 2 tables in the sun with views over Travenque. It was just a pity Dave and Julie weren’t here as I know he likes to dine at a proper table with chairs. Ha! no sitting on a pile of stones in the middle of the jungle for us.
After lunch we followed the forest road the 6km back to the carpark, it is easy walking and we only saw 4 cars.
We had intended to go to the Bar at Fuente del Hervidero but it was packed, I have never seen so many cars there, so after looking at a couple of bars in Cumbres Verde which were also full we gave up looking, said goodbye to the Granada crew and headed off back to Cozvijar and a drink at the petrol station.
An excellent day out the weather was superb.

We walked 17.5 km, climbed 661 metres.

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