Lecrin Valley Limpers

This week my crystal ball was completely wrong, it had predicted typical Easter weather, wet, cold and windy so I had planned a walk down on the coast to escape the worst of it. Instead we got the hottest day of the year and we all had our winter woolies on.  We set off in 3 cars for Almuñécar but by the time we arrived we were down to 2 cars and we were short of 4 walkers,  Rafa dos had decided to take the scenic route via Salobrena, instead of the easier motorway option. We were just pondering the merits of going for a coffee when they arrived. For some unknown reason he had decided to follow a different white car. Rafa, the one you were following had a blue light on the top and it said Guardia Civil on the back.    With only 12 in the group we set off at a good pace through the Cherimoya plantations, and to our first crossing of the mighty Rio Verde. The last time we did this walk some of us got our feet wet trying to cross the river. Some kept ...

Hi This week we had a gem of a day out. We went on the Grand Granada Canyon Adventure, this was a walk we discovered a few weeks ago and have been raving about ever since.  We met at the BP garage in Cozvijar and, as we were just standing around discussing the walk, there was an almighty crash behind us. We expected to see bodies lying on the ground and a number of cars written off, but no. It was Plym who had driven into a plant pot, not your average garden size plant pot but one suited to a garage forecourt, and this time she was wearing her glasses. Perhaps she should have gone to Specsavers.  With 30 people on the walk we needed eight cars as we had to take some cars to the end of the walk and leave them and then get the drivers back to Bermejales. We set off in a long convoy and when we arrived in Bermejales all the passengers were able to enjoy a coffee in the bar whilst they waited for the drivers to return. To say that this is one of the most specta...

This week we started the walk from the Meson los Prados, the bar on the carretera de Cabra road. It a popular start for the walk up Pico Lopera but we were going somewhere different for a change. We had discovered some new paths a couple of years ago but had never made it into a Sunday walk. By combining 3 different tracks we were able to make a superb 13 km route that encompassed forest, farmland and open mountain views. The conditions were ideal, we had blue skies, warm sunshine, even the wind that has been such a feature of this winter had disappeared. What else could we ask for on such a beautiful day? We stopped for elevenses with views of the snow covered Sierra Nevada in one direction and Sierra Tejeda in the other. Setting off again we hadn’t gone far before there was another request for our lunch stop, fortunately I knew of a nice rocky outcrop up ahead which had a lot of comfy seats. As we sat eating our sandwiches enjoying the peace and solitude of our beautiful ...

Once again with low temperatures and a northerly wind forecast we headed off downhill to the warmer valley of Los Guajares. Driving into Gujar Fargúit I could not believe the number of cars that were parked at the side of the road. Every centimeter of spare ground was taken. I thought the groups email for the walk had gone viral and what looked 5.000 people had turned up for the walk. I was having kittens, had they all brought some food for lunch, because I knew my cheese sandwich could not feed all that lot. It was chaos, the road up to Alto was closed, nobody knew what was happening. The plan was that we would leave one car in Faragúit and drive to Alto and walk back. Fortunately Cees had arrived early, and had managed to park at the far end of the village. He was hoping he would have sufficient time for a coffee before we picked him up, he had no chance, they were queuing 10 deep at the bar. In the end we broke through the police cordon and set off driving towards Alto...