There were 12 of us for our last walk of the year, including John and
Alijke who joined us for the first time
Yet again the weather forecast was cloudy and possible rain, yet again
we ignored it and walked anyway
We chose this walk because the first hour is along the promenade and we
would have the option of abandoning the walk and have a drink in one of the
many bars we would pass
We could also convert it into a much shorter walk, by turning around at
the end of the sea front if the weather looked too bad
But in fact it has cleared a little when we had our first drink stop and
we decided to carry on
We choose the abandoned urbanisation rather than the tower route,
because the climb is much easier
Although it was dry, it was not very warm. So we did not linger long at the banana stop
I was surprised that the track was so firm after so much rain, I had
expected a much muddier walk
We reached the windmills in good time for our planned 1pm picnic lunch
There was no sign of the sun, so we spread out to find as much shelter
as we could from the cold wind
During
the walk there was some discussion about whether the buildings were windmills
or only for storage. This well placed
information panel settled the matter.
We had a shorter than normal lunch stop because of the overcast weather
and everyone was happy to be on the move again to warm up
It
was too cold to sit outside for our end of walk drink, and we appreciated the
large roaring fire. We also appreciated
the round of tapas which John provided to go with our drinks.
Stats
The
walk is 16 kilometres from Denia Marina to the Windmills above Javea. The walk starts at 2 metres above sea level
and reached a high point of around 200 metres near the Windmills, which
included a total ascent of about 260 meters.
Including breaks, a lunch stop and an extended after walk drinks and a
special tapas treat given by John, it took about 6 hours to complete at an
average walking speed of 4 kilometres per hour
