Santa Rosalia Ramble

So often in the past the local weather forecast has proved unreliable and I have cancelled the walk only to find that the sun came out half an hour afterwards, so today I ignored the slight drizzle that was falling and left the walk to go ahead.

We duly met at the prescribed place while the drizzle was falling a little heavier, but the consensus was to ‘go for it’, and this we did.

We left for the start of the walk still in light rain, but we donned our waterproofs and started the walk, and within the first kilometre we had discarded the outer layers as the rain had stopped and as the walk went on so the sun came out. I am so please that I didn't cancel.

The first part of the route took us along the perimeter of the Caterpillar Testing and Training Center a huge area of all terrain where they test equipment and train drivers on the

Caterpillar Earth Moving Vehicles. We then turned and walked on the road between the testing ground and the Electricity Generating Plant and Natural Gas Terminal.

A very industrial landscape but also very interesting.

Our route then turns away from this industry and we climb into the campo and arrive alongside the lake that supplies the water to cool the Generating Plant.

We continue around the edge of the lake and then into an area of a surprising number of properties most with many barking dogs.

The terrain we are now walking is becoming very varied, from quite steep inclines now to declines into valleys and the inclines out again, with a mass of flora and fauna all around us. We the rise out of the valley and arrive at a large Finca with some rather beautiful horses.

We pass this and are met with some magnificent views of the Guadlhorce valley, from its mouth at Malaga and stretching to well past Cartama.

Our route then descends through a small pine wood and brings us out onto the main track that will take is pack to the start.

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