Walk Sunday 30 September 2018 Albuñuelas

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Thank you Brenda for the photo, I shall be having words with you later.
Hello,
This week I was handed the responsibility of leading the group around Albuñuelas
while Stuart stayed at home with his feet up being served endless cups of tea
and cake from Olwyn.
Well it didn’t take long for some to think we were lost before we had even left the
pueblo, what they hadn’t realised it was all a part of the grand plan to have a
tour of the streets of  Albuñuelas.
After being put on the right route out we steadily climbed the winding path out
of the village with great views back across the gorge to the village and beyond
to the Sierra Nevada.
I had the route but also having our two locals, Michelle and Diane on the walk
what could possibly go wrong?  Nothing, I just thought we would climb a little
further up the steep path, passing the narrow path that turned off our main
track to take in the views from a little higher up.  Returning back down to pick
up our path, we then walked along pleasant tracks climbing gradually with olive
groves to either side.
We stopped for ‘una merienda’ in the shade of an old Cortijo before continuing on
leaving behind the olive groves for the wonderful smells of the pine forest.
With most of the climbing done, the track then twisted and turned on its way
back down to the Barranco. Lunch was taken in a pretty spot as the track crossed
the dry river bed in the shade of the trees.
As we approached Albuñuelas we used our local guía  Michelle to put us on the right track back into the village to ensure we came out by the bar. He confidently said ‘I THINK it's this way’  He choose a track so steep that if it was wrong there was no way I was
going to get the group back up.
As we entered the village Cherry took over the lead for the final part of the pre
planned tour of ALL the streets of the village to wind our way to the plaza for
some well earned refreshments.
We walked 19.47km and climbed 780m
Dave
Thanks, Dave for leading the walk and continuing the long tradition of getting lost. They don’t normally notice so your reputation should remain intact.
Stuart

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