6 October 2025 – Jalon to Alcalali

 

Last week we cancelled the walk because of storm warning of heavy rain

Lucky we did, because there was indeed heavy rain all morning

Though the sun did make an appearance mid afternoon

There was a similar weather forecast for this Monday, the third week in a row

 

We almost cancelled, but on Sunday decided to risk it and walk

There was light rain and dark clouds as we drove to the start in Jalon

And I decided to abandon our planned walk

Instead we once more walked to the Alcalali Ermita

As we had our banana break it was still cloudy, but starting to clear

So we did a detour to the mirador to add half an hour to the walk

As a result it took the full three hours, and not a sign of rain

This is the first time that the weather forecast has been so dramatically wrong

And we were really pleased that we had decided to walk despite the forecast

There were 17 on the walk, only one had cancelled

This included two new members, Suzanne and Geoff

It was also nice to see so many who had not walked since the summer break

It is really pleasant to have the lower temperatures

Though it is a shame that we have had so much rain in the past three weeks

As often happens Monday was the wettest day of the week

Followed by a warm and sunny Tuesday

       

Temperature – 18-21c

Time Taken – 3 hours

Distance – 9 km