Walk Sunday 10 December 2017 lanjaron

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The weather forecast for Sunday appeared to change every time a new one was issued. In the end the best I could come up with for a walk was to go to Lanjaron to escape the worst of the wind, and choose a route with lots of escape possibilities in case it started to rain. In the end we had a superb walk suitable for everyone including the Old Gits.
The walk started from the Repsol garage in Lanjaron and climbed up through the town on to an acequia. Eventually, after a bit of climbing, you end up at a superb picnic area above the rio Lanjaron, We stopped here for a short break under the chestnut trees and the group photo.
After our mid morning snack we climbed up to another acequia that takes you back towards Lanjaron. After walking on the acequia for a couple of kms the group split, with the Old Gits taking a lower return path back to Lanjaron, they walked 8 km and climbed 300 metres and the Fit Bits continued the climb up to the hill side.
Whilst the path climbs another 300 metres it  never gets steep, it’s a well graded path. We did go astray at one point and ended up in someone's back yard. The miserable sod would not let us proceed so we had to retrace our path by 100 metres. We had been pretty much protected from the wind for most of the walk until it was time to look for somewhere to stop for lunch. We ended up finding an abandoned building which offered some protection from the wind but, I must admit, it was not one of our best picnic spots. After lunch we continued along paths and tracks back to Lanjaron where we stopped for refreshment.
A very pleasant walk.
We walked 14.8 km and climbed 636 metres

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