Lovely
sunny morning for the longer of the two Tarbena walks, which Peter laid on by
special request.
Lovely
downhill path for the first half hour of the walk, but followed by a long
uphill climb for the next couple of hours.
The warm sunshine had brought out a selection of masculine legs – more than
enough for a wobbly knees contest
The shaded picnic stop was well chosen
And
the scenery was pretty good too
It
was followed by a difficult descent through very rough terrain
Followed
by lunch at our regular picnic site
No
shade, but the views were pretty impressive.
Note that Pat provided her own shade.
Very
little ascent on the second half of the walk
And
the tracks were good enough to allow us to admire the views
For
me this is the most memorable part of the walk, with long views of the
surrounding hills right to the coast
We
were very impressed to find that the mirador and picnic site had finally been
completed. It had looked like a building
site during our previous visits
Even
the tiled map had been repaired, though it did have a few new scratches
But
vandals could do nothing about the actual view
We
had a short break to take advantage of the new seating and admire the general
area
The
easy walking continued as we made our way back towards Tarbena
On such a hot day it was a long and hard walk, so four of us opted for
the direct route back to Tarbena whilst the remainder completed the full walk
4 April 2016
Jackie and Mike will
lead the El Somo walk, which was cancelled a few weeks ago due to poor
weather. Meet at Kilometer 7 on the
Castells to Tarbena road at 10am
