Walk Sunday 3 June 2018 Venta del Fraile

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This week Stuart had left me in charge of leading the walk whilst he took Olwyn out for a well deserved birthday lunch. I had decided on a trek around Venta Fraile which is relatively moderate walk suitable for all.
With Stuart away, I was expecting a low turn out with not many entrusting the stand in group leader. Well the hoards kept turning up, so it was left to me to organise the car sharing, I’m sure Stuart must have had long flowing locks of hair before he was faced with this weekly task. Eventually, with everyone in a vehicle, we set off to meet more friends at the second pick up point where we met another two to make the group 26.  Having a large number is always handy as you can afford to lose one or two.
The walk starts out with the first stretch along the road which is a lovely gentle way to start out a Sunday morning walk. After a while we climbed up a short steep scree slope to take in our first small diversion to a high point for nice views over Padul and beyond to snow slopes of Veleta. Returning down the track we then climbed to another viewpoint to the edge of a quarry looking south west in the opposite direction this time with views to la Maroma the highest mountain in the Malaga province. Feeling like the Grand old Duke of York we marched back down the hill again where we then picked up our return path.
Our route back is along a fabulous single track with nice views back across to the Sierra Nevada meandering around the hill stopping for a light snack about halfway. Once we returned to the road we quickly found a bar where enjoyable light refreshments and the best vegetarian tapa ever was taken (Stuart take note).
We walked 10.96Km and climbed 291m
Thank you Dave for organising the walk, trust me to miss out on the veggie tapa. I don’t see Ray in the photo, did you bring him back or shall I go back and look for him.
Stuart

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