Monday, December 24, 2012

More Explorations

We have done some more explorations in Sierra Espuña.  See Exploring Sierra Espuña page for photos.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

More Walks

Since I last wrote we have been exploring using the new map of Sierra Espuña.  There are many paths on the map that we were not aware of and so we have been going out on foot and trying to find them.  Some of them are good and now make some better circular routes but some of them are non-existent.  I have put some photos on the People and Activities page.

We have also been out on our mountain bikes and tried out some new areas.   We rode from Casas Nuevas, on the north side of the park, and had a good track ride on a good sunny day.  Unfortunately, I don´t like to carry the camera when riding the bike and so no photos of that ride.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Exploring the GR

There is a GR (Grande Recorrido - Long distance route) that comes through Totana.  Although we have walked much of the route when it goes through Sierra Espuña, we have never explored the route coming out of Totana.  We decided to have a morning exploring the route.  The photos are below:


A bit of a bonus whilst walking along the trasvase (canal)

Walking up the first barranco (dry river)

View on route with Aledo in the background

Approaching La Santa (statue of Jesus in the background)

Descending another barranco back towards Totana


Our latest walks

Our latest walks have been over the last few days and in very different weather conditions.

On Friday, 30 November we were walking with blue skies.  We set off from the Interpretation Centre in Sierra Espuña for a short walk before having lunch in the Espuña Bar in El Berro.

Looking across to Morron Chico at the beginning of the walk

Looking across at Casas de Campix

A few days later we went walking with two Spanish friends and an English friend.

We met at Collado Bermejo in very bright sunny, but windy conditions BUT as the walk progressed it got cloudier and windier and the walk became more of a challenge.  See photos below.

View from the parking area (note the blue skies)

View from the mountains back to the coast (not normally such clear skies to see this far)

Looking around the refugio on the route


Heading back towards Morron Espuña


Brreaking the ice on one of the watering points for the Arrui
   

Walking with visitors to the camperstop

We have had a steady flow of visitors to the camperstop.  One couple Ken and Steph, were keen on walking so we took them out on a few of our local walks.  See People and Activities.

Lucia (up a tree)

Our neighbours know that we go climbing.  One day as we were sorting out our climbing gear the neighbours visited us.  Lucia (the daughter of the family) was interested in our harnesses and so we kitted her out and put her up a tree.




She really enjoyed the experience and so we are going to take her to a nearby climbing wall to see how she gets on with that.

Walk from La Azohia

Beginning and end of walk
A group of us (Spanish and Brits) met up to walk from La Azohia, near Mazarron.  The walk turned out to be a bit of an epic for some of us.  We underestimated the time it would take for a group walk and almost missed out on lunch.

View from near the beginning of the walk


Coastal view (trying to be a bit artistic)
Towards the end of the walk