Walk from Cerralba to Rio Grande - 23 April 2016

An easy route today after last weeks trek and with the 20 km hike coming up next week.
The route started from the top end of the village of Cerralba and we took to the acequia tracks along the ridge of the Guadlhorce valley. This affords great views over the valley on one side and the Sierra de las Nieves on the other as well as the Sierra de Mijas ahead of us.

The course then drops down into the valley of the Rio Grande and we pass through the Goat farm with is young kids and then to the river banks. here we were fortunate to be there at the same time as a couple of horsemen were moving a group of horses and the fowls and a Bull driven cart was using the track on the opposite side of the river.




We took our break on the bridge that carries the drover track that we were about to use. It was then a one and a half kilometre steady climb, well known to me from my cycling days. The track then levels
out and we have now splendid views ahead to the mountains around El Chorro and las Aquas. We then leave this track the Carril de las Loma and head back to the village. The sides of the track were awash with wild flowers of all colours and hues, brought alive by the recent rain.
The weather was again good if a little muggy and the sky gave us some amazing cloud formations.
A total of 28 people were on this weeks walk and from the comments another success.


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