Walk 14 th September 2008

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Can I start by extending a warm welcome back to Bob, Githa and Daniel who have returned to the valley after their extended trip to Holland, in the past Bob has been the butt of many of my sarcastic comments, I will try to behave myself in future.

Our walk last Sunday was to the Castle at Murchas, or Melegis, as nobody seems to know which village lays claim to it, but either way we started off in Murchas and followed the river Torrente to Melegis. The path then turns right and heads off towards the Castle before dropping down and following the Rio Durcal for a short while. Ever since we first discovered this route you have had to look carefully to find a little path marked by a dead tree. True to form the dead tree has done what dead trees do, it has fallen over and the route is no longer marked. This caused us to back track about 10 meters before we picked up the correct route through the Bamboo tunnel. Once again you wonder why they built the castle here, when all the bars and shops are at least 3km away and I bet the bread man did not call in a morning. Once again a pleasant little walk, which was made all the better when we all went round to Arthurs house afterwards for tapa. Young Daniel had been looking forward to going to Uncle Arthurs house because Uncle Arthur has a very nice pool for little Daniel to splash about in. Unfortunately while the boy was willing, the man was not.
Our walk this Sunday is to Tomar Canal above La Zubia, the walk starts at the carpark at cerro de Sevilla and follows a good path as it wonders along the side of Cuerda del Trevenque before dropping down to Tomar canal and returning along a path above the Rio Dilar to the carpark. The walk offers excellent views of the Sierra Nevada and the Rio Dilar.
Afterwards tapa will be held at Josettes house in Chite around 5pm.
Description of walk
Height gained 308 meters
Length 10 km
Estimated time 4 hours walking
Difficulty 5, good paths no steep bits
Meet The Acopolise bar Mondújar 9am, Padul roundabout 9.15 or at cerro de Sevilla 9.45

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