Walk Sunday 22 October 2017 The wild boar

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This week we had an easy walk from Pinos del Valle along Phil’s Wild Boar cycle track. Fortunately we had arranged to meet up outside bar Venicia, there were 29 of us and I think the landlord would have had a fit if we had met in the bar for coffee.
 The walk began by getting most of the climbing done at the start of the walk and, as we were making our way up, we passed a group of hunters all dressed in camouflage uniforms. I don’t know what they hunt but we made a rapid exit just in case we turned into the quarry. There was a slight navigational error as we crossed the track up to the ermita. The error was well within the navigational accuracy of a GPS unit and was soon corrected when someone suggested we were going the wrong way.
 I know Phil had upgraded this old abandoned path for use as a cycle track but it makes an excellent footpath as it meanders through the pine forest above Pinos. Eventually it comes out near the scout camp and this is where we started to head back. Finally we have had  heavy rain this week and it has left the ground damp, so finding somewhere to stop for lunch was a bit difficult. Eventually we came across the perfect spot, rocks to sit on, good views and it was in the sun. How quickly things change, a few weeks ago, lunch had to be taken in the shade, now it has to be in the sun.
When we got to Pinos it was decided that drinks and tapas could be taken on the terrace of bar Venicia before we went around to Ray and Caroline’s for tapas.
A great way to spend the day, the conditions were perfect.
We walked 10.9 km and climbed 348 metres

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