Walk 15 May 2016 Orgiva acequia

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Check out the details for the BBQ Sunday 5 June
Check out the details for the walk to Cerro del Caballo 12 June.
After last week's wet walk in Huescar, this week we had an easy walk from Orgiva in glorious sunshine.
 The walk started from the outskirts of the town and headed down to the river. After all the rain we have had it was wonderful to get out, stretch our legs and enjoy the superb views of the snow covered Sierras.
 The path continued alongside the river passing the Hippy encampment, fortunately they were at the other side of the river. After about 4 km and having left the great unwashed behind us we stopped to enjoy the peace and solitude in this unknown and for me the best part of Orgiva.
 Resuming our walk we had an easy climb up to the acequia that we were going to follow back into the town. This is a great track to walk along as it is shaded by trees most of the way. There was a multitude of wildflowers and the birds were singing with the joys of the approaching summer.
 A very enjoyable walk. We had to return to Lanjaron to find a bar as the hippies had invaded the one we had intended going to.

We walked 12.8 and climbed 269 metres.
There has been a comment made about the organization of the weather for the weekend away in Husecar. So next year Dave, will be in charge of the weather, he has promised glorious sunshine for the 2 days, I think we will go to Grazalema in February, he like’s a challenge.

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