Lecrin Valley Limpers

This week we had a walk to the Laguna Yeguas, with the option for those who wanted something harder to go on to the refugio Elorrieta. The temperature was a cool 10.5 degrees when we all met up at the Hoya de Moya carpark on Veleta for the start of our walk.  I could understand Jim being in a T-shirt, after all he is English and it probably felt like a balmy summer's day to him but I could not understand Antonio. The rest of us had our fleeces on, even if some of us were wearing shorts.  We set off at a steady pace, following the road up past the Virgin of the snows, I had promised Mike an easy walk. The path to the Laguna eventually leaves the road and heads off across country towards  the radio telescope. From here you could see the path the more determined amongst us were going to take up to the refugio. Things did not look promising,there was still a lot of snow about.  We stopped at the Laguna for a snack and to sort out who wanted to go on to Elor...

This week we had a big walk to Caballo. We had 24 booked to go  on the walk, so many in fact that we had hired Antonio’s  8 seater 4X4 taxi, plus 4 of our own off roaders to get everyone up to the Rinconada de Nigúelas, the starting point for the walk.  Now normally the little carpark at the Rinconada is empty but on Sunday it was full, our route to the summit is proving very popular. Setting off on our climb we soon discovered why. There was a big group in front of us from Motril.  We had a leisurely climb to the summit and arrived at the same time as the Motril group, and we were surprised to learn that they had heard of us and they suggested that we join them sometime for a walk. They were a very friendly group, they even joined in whilst we were trying to do our group photo. The photo had so many people in it was impossible to recognise anybody.    After lunch on the summit three of our group decided to return to the cars whilst t...

This week we did not have a walk, just a BBQ in Dilar. My personal assistant, Antonia and myself have spent weeks organising this BBQ, we thought we had nailed it down to the finest detail but it still ended in chaos. This is the first time we have had a BBQ in a restaurant, the idea was a good one as we had visited this bar February whilst walking in the area and the tapas was amazing. What we had not taken into account was that the chaotic service we received on our first visit was just a sample of what they could achieve when we went for a meal.  The venue was superb with loads of shade from the trees and a garden like setting. It is close enough to the river to keep the temperature down, it must have been the most refreshing place in Granada. The atmosphere was good, with a lot of families there.  With no one in overall control, and most of the staff appearing to be on work experience, it was a recipe for disaster.   In spite of everything w...

This week we had a spectacular day out on the Caminito del Rey. 20 fearless people had signed up for the walk, which was once described as the most dangerous in the world.   Nowadays, after a major update, it’s just scary.  We had arranged to travel in style, we had hired a luxury VIP  mini coach. It was waiting for us when we arrived at El Zahor, our meeting point. We were all there except Billy who had misread the email. After a telephone call we were able to redirect him and then we were off to Ardales. We asked the driver  to stop for coffee along the way. This was a great way to travel, no one had any worries about driving, we were all together with no one getting lost along the way. No problems with parking at the start of the walk, we just got off the bus and told him to come back for us at 5pm. I was so impressed I am thinking of getting a chauffeur for the Dacia.  The only indication as to the start of the walk is a little sign a...