Walk Sunday 27 August 2017 Meson los Prados

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There has been a serious change in the weather this week. It started with a terrific thunderstorm on Sunday evening (Sunday the 27th August), heavy rain on Monday and a marked drop in temperature for the rest of the week. Conditions are now perfect for walking and to help us celebrate the approach of Autumn we went on a circular low level walk from Meson los Prados.
 The walk started from the bar, where we had arranged to meet Rafa but, after waiting a few minutes for him and unable to get a signal on our phones, we decided to move on.
The walk passes through open countryside, farmland and forest. It’s a good combination with great views in all directions.
On the way back we spied in the distance a couple sat having a spot of lunch, as we got closer the couple turned into Rafa and his friend, who had missed us by a few minutes at the start of the walk. After stopping for a short break with them we left them to continue with their walk and we followed the path back to the bar where we stopped for refreshment.
It was a great walk and it felt good to be out in more normal temperatures.
We walked 13.2 km and climbed 350 metres.

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