Once a month we try to do a more challenging walk
This is usually part of one of the
hill walks we used to do
However this was a full hill walk
Although one of the easiest of the 40
odd we used to do
We only do each of these walks once a
year
So I always want to have good weather
to see the views at their best
Poor weather forecast forced me to
postpone this walk for the past month
But today we had a forecast of 27c,
cloudy but dry
Despite this it started to rain as we
met opposite bar Tormos
We agreed to ignore the rain, and it
had stopped by the time we reached Benimeli
I was quite surprised that there were
18 of us walking today
This included Jan, who had some
reservations about how difficult it would be
Teresa also asked to bring along two visitors
Don and Amy were really nice, but very young
It is more than two years since I last
did this walk
And I must admit that it was much harder than I remember
This despite the absence of sun due to
the cloudy sky
I was not the only one who found it
hard going
And there was some relief when we reached our scenic picnic spot
The views are spectacular
With lots of space to spread out and enjoy our break
During lunch the sky cleared and the
sun came out
But fortunately the return journey was
all downhill
The first part was back along the
ridge
With lovely views along the Orba
valley to the coast
Then down the road for half an hour
The track we usually use was closed
because some has built a new house over it
So we had to climb back up the road
and follow the new route
By now it was 30c without any cover
and really hard going
Lovely walk, great views but much harder than I remembered
Temperature – 23 to 30c
Time Taken – 6 hours
Distance – 8 km
Total Ascent – 410 metres
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