Lecrin Valley Limpers

This week we went to Prado Negro and a walk along the top of Tajos del los Riscos Moro. The walk started from the bar in Prado Negro, always a good place to start from as there is a cold beer waiting for you when you get back. To start with we followed a track heading uphill, and away from the direction we needed to be going, but there was a plan. Mike and Kees were going off exploring on their own, and we needed to set them off in the right direction, so they joined us for the first couple of km. We said goodbye and arranged to meet them in the bar later. We headed for the pimple, a small hillock on the ridge. In other situations it would be considered as a spectacular outcrop of rocks but amongst these magnificent rock faces it is a mere blip, but for us it served as a pleasant place to sit and have a snack before our serious climb. Now if you have not been up the Tajos del los Riscos Moro before it comes as a bit of a shock, when someone says “We are going up there” ...

Hi We had a superb walk this week, well it could not really be described as a walk, it was  more of a scramble in a river, and we all got soaked. We had met at Los Mondarinos in Durcal and then driven down to the Rio Durcal picnic area, it’s only a couple of kms but it saves the walk back when it is starting to get warm. You can only do this walk in the summer when the water temperature is high enough, and the volume of water is reduced. The walk starts by following an acequia as it meanders through a cleft in the rocks. If you can take your eyes off the narrow path for a moment and look up it is a truly stunning path. Anywhere else, it would be a tourist attraction, with coach trips and “that will be €5.00 please”. In our corner of Spain it’s “so what, why would anyone want to come here” Long may this attitude continue and we can continue to enjoy our walks in solitude. Well, not quite, there were 22 of us. The acequia and river eventually meet up and this is w...

With hot weather forecast for the weekend we wanted somewhere cool to walk this Sunday, so we introduced a new walk to the group. The walk is centered around the Rio Bermejo, a delightful little river above Pitres in the Alpujarras The start of the walk is on a forest track some 20 minutes drive above Capileira. At 1750 metres altitude it made the perfect place to start a walk from  in August. The temperature was just right, with a gentle breeze blowing to cool things down. The path climbs steadily for the first 3 km, with much of it in the shade from the surrounding forest. At the top we met up with the Sulayr trail and we turned back along this towards Capileira. The walk crosses a number of tiny streams which all join up to make the Rio Bermejo, we discovered the delights of this river later when we had returned to the cars. Finding a nice shady spot we stopped for elevenses, we had now reached our maximum altitude of 2239 metres. With the slight breeze keeping th...

We had an easy walk planned for this weekend to the Sierra Huétor. The Parque Natural de   Huétor is on the far side of Granada, just off the A92 Guadix road. There are a lot of paths and trails to choose from, so this week, due to the expected high temperatures we chose one that was quite short and kept to the shade most of the time. The walk starts by going straight up to the Cruz de Viznar on a rocky path. In the past I have always come down the path but going up was a lot easier. After a short scramble on the last few metres we all made it to the top. The views from up here are superb, we stayed a while admire the open vistas, and then returned to the forest for a walk to some civil war trenches. These have recently been restored and are a potent reminder of the utter senseless stupidity of war. We stopped here for an early lunch and then called in at the visitor centre. The receptionist asked where we were from, and was quite surprised with the answer we gave ...