Walk 2 April 2017 Bermejales

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Our walk this week was our big adventure walk to Bermejales. It was advertised as suitable for anyone between 8 and 80. Well we hit both criteria, we had young David, Maria Jose’s son at 8 years and old Jim who was reclassified from viejo to anciano by some Spanish kids he met on the walk and, according to Conchi, you have to be really old for that.
We all met in Bermejales and this was where the complicated bit set in. The walk is a linear one and, whilst you could walk there and back along the same path, walking back against the flow of the other walkers would take forever as there are a number of choke points along the way. Another reason for following the river downhill is that the walk just gets better the further you go. Our solution is to take some cars to the end of the walk so that we can drive back at the end. So while the drivers were busy positioning their cars, and with 27 walkers we needed a lot of cars, the rest of the group had time for a leisurely cup of coffee.
 Reunited we set off on the walk and for a lot of the group it was the first time they had ventured down into the valley. Whilst the surrounding countryside is very pleasant nothing can prepare you for this voyage of discovery. The walk starts by walking along the rim of the valley. The views are good but not spectacular. You then drop down into the valley and things suddenly change. You are walking under towering cliffs reminiscent of Mount Rushmore. There is a vertical ladder to climb, steep gullies to climb, rock faces to abseil down, overhangs to navigate. And to top it it off a rope bridge to cross. We had it all, including lunch on a grassy knoll with views down the valley.
 It was a great day out, enjoyed by all.

We walked 7kms and climbed 276 metres

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Kees said…
Great walk again. Looking forward to the photos to choose for on behalf of the Calender 2018.
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