The weather forecast was high chance
of rain all morning
We quite expected rain when we met in Parcent
And were prepared to go straight to
the cooperative if necessary
So we were very pleasantly surprised
to find light cloud and blue sky
The last six days had been warm and sunny
But it was quite cold today
Everyone was well wrapped up
But it was very comfortable walking
And quite warm when we had our banana
stop at the Alcalali mirador
In fact many of the group would have
liked to sit in the sun a little longer
There were 21 walking today
Including Jan who had missed two weeks
due to a severe tummy bug
It was largely because she wanted to walk that we disregarded the weather forecast
I have recovered from my fall last
week
Though I did have a very obvious
plaster on my nose
Once again we had a lot of late
cancellations
In fact six did so over the weekend
Had they done so earlier we could have offered a walk to the short reserve list
But the cancellations were too late to
do so
There are currently 27 resident members
and 16 non resident
But of course the more members the
more who are unable walk each week
I expect that numbers available to
walk each week will reduce in December
Less non residents coming and more
residents going back to the UK for the festive season
Bar Cooperativa in Parcent is open again under
new management
It is by far the best bar for such a
large group
And it was warm enough to sit outside
on the terrace
Lovely walk, particularly as we had
such low expectations of the weather
Temperature – 14c
Time taken – 3 hours
Distance – 9km
