tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63704856616597942112024-03-05T12:57:01.162-08:00Jan and Paul in Spain 2009jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-55391386690452823752010-01-04T12:27:00.000-08:002010-01-04T12:56:17.552-08:00December 2009 - Christmas in UK<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_OjH0edQppsYwCNpUILHS9FVXQi2p_Tn0bk1aDdS4eQ3iCghlJDl_zSK1BqAy5SpRYunUalQQL56_Z-KnUazMCk_tqdNMK-2uiXo_unQ1ps73q5r4v61EMKCCAU2gIG8-B2P_rmrEzu9/s1600-h/1+-+parcent.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_OjH0edQppsYwCNpUILHS9FVXQi2p_Tn0bk1aDdS4eQ3iCghlJDl_zSK1BqAy5SpRYunUalQQL56_Z-KnUazMCk_tqdNMK-2uiXo_unQ1ps73q5r4v61EMKCCAU2gIG8-B2P_rmrEzu9/s400/1+-+parcent.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422990733024346546" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><b style="">19 December – Parcent<o:p></o:p></b> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">The day before we returned to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> for Christmas and New Year we woke to find snow on the hills opposite the house.<span style=""> </span>The last time we saw this view was six years ago, so such views have a novelty value.<span style=""> </span>We were disappointed that our son, who lives in Rothbury, a small town north of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Newcastle</st1:city></st1:place>, was particularly unimpressed when we sent him a copy of these photographs</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">21 December - Rothbury<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">As we left <st1:city st="on">Alicante</st1:city> the pilot confirmed that they had just taken on extra fuel, as <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Newcastle</st1:city></st1:place> airport was closed due to heavy snow.<span style=""> </span>It was open again by the time we arrived, but we then had to face an hour’s drive to Rothbury on icy and snow covered roads, getting worse as we left the major roads for the minor ones.<span style=""> </span>Fortunately my son has a four wheel drive car.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGt7UaQtq3IprIJw_MxOOkoTYqwq1dtHtFgYBaYv6V4hwpdANT3RgMm_jCVyp0gEMjrKQmybgTMbnHwWS2_OzbpHBKpQ1PU-3Qfm-Lj1QvKwbyDJrPRQh1uCqB3Y0jApIyh6oZ2ddYK5i/s1600-h/3+-+23+dec.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGt7UaQtq3IprIJw_MxOOkoTYqwq1dtHtFgYBaYv6V4hwpdANT3RgMm_jCVyp0gEMjrKQmybgTMbnHwWS2_OzbpHBKpQ1PU-3Qfm-Lj1QvKwbyDJrPRQh1uCqB3Y0jApIyh6oZ2ddYK5i/s400/3+-+23+dec.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422989916242470594" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --</style><b style="">23 December – Rothbury<o:p></o:p></b> <p class="MsoNormal">This is a well known walking area, and in previous years we had always been able to walk in the nearby hills.<span style=""> </span>It had often been cold and icy, but nothing like this.<span style=""> </span>The best we were able to manage was a walk to the town centre and a short walk along the river bank.<span style=""> </span>The extra bulk is provided by many layers of clothing, assisted by lots of comfort eating to keep warm.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">26 December – <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Whitley</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Bay</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">By Boxing Day we were all ready for some fresh air.<span style=""> </span>My son was dismissive about our worries about the drive to <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Whitley</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Bay</st1:placetype></st1:place>, and he was proved right.<span style=""> </span>The roads were covered in hard ice, but they are used to minus 4C temperatures in this area and the main roads were reasonably clear and sanded.<span style=""> </span>The beach was covered in snow, and we were surprised to find some hardy locals swimming in the sea!<span style=""> </span>This is an annual thing, and there were hundreds of well wrapped spectators for each swimmer.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><b style="">27 December – Simonside Hills<o:p></o:p></b> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Despite a night of more snow and minus 4C, we wrapped up and set off for a walk in the local hills.<span style=""> </span>The paths were icy and required some care, but there was always hard packed snow beside the path which was easier to walk on.<span style=""> </span>We were quite surprised to find quite a few other walkers, one of whom took this photo of us together.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><b style="">27 December – Simonside Hills<o:p></o:p></b> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">This walk usually takes about four hours, with two or three stops to admire the views.<span style=""> </span>Today it was too cold to stop for more than a few minutes, but the going was so difficult that it still took four hours.<span style=""> </span>Half way around the sky turned very dark and light snow turned to heavy sleet.<span style=""> </span>We were soaked and miserable by the time we got home.<span style=""> </span>We had enjoyed most of the walk, but would not attempt it again unless the weather improved.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">2 January – Rothbury<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">We checked that the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Newcastle</st1:place></st1:city> airport was open, and had a trouble free drive there.<span style=""> </span>However as we were about to board the flight was cancelled when the pilot refused to fly when it was discovered that there were frozen water pipes on the plane.<span style=""> </span>We were eventually taken to the local Holiday Inn for the night, then a 200 mile drive to <st1:placename st="on">East</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Midlands</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:placetype> for our alternative return flight to <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Alicante</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style=""> </span>Unfortunately this one was delayed by two hours, and it was 2am when we finally arrived home – 29 hours late!</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-8191567394172938192009-12-16T01:21:00.001-08:002009-12-16T01:36:23.392-08:00Snow in Parcent<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DIsLQBniEhy_riTEvxtcqVB6uopkgvMhFG6RFlb4X709rhnAySPq7LPKXsMyMcdpnWHx65P1WHF747ezOLQQPpE0z-8qqu4eJ7CMAX0TBATJ8Cizg-PCNSiQWKPp4SGJel2ANQLF5yut/s1600-h/DSCF0002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DIsLQBniEhy_riTEvxtcqVB6uopkgvMhFG6RFlb4X709rhnAySPq7LPKXsMyMcdpnWHx65P1WHF747ezOLQQPpE0z-8qqu4eJ7CMAX0TBATJ8Cizg-PCNSiQWKPp4SGJel2ANQLF5yut/s400/DSCF0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415762028906999762" border="0" /></a>No walking in the hills this week! It started on Sunday with overcast gloomy skies, which turned to rain by late afternoon. By nighttime it was heavy rain, which was to continue for 36 hours. <br /><br />We woke on Monday morning to heavy rain and strong winds and worse of all bitterly cold. But even worse was to come. By lunch time we had our first power failure. Not just the lights, but also the water. This was to continue throughout the whole day and all night. The main problem is that we never know whether it will last for five minutes or five hours. It comes and goes throughout the day and night.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1L2KUh_wMIZp-T_-LoEx1HOk3V7UTgggni7bt0nAq8e2HVZ7AuBptaI9t5RrstDDljwxjELOwluOJ39BNvrPsvNpM8mnY79vtb8KHh7DePG3tMbO8rx_y0txvt7jOgoApTgrDaPnpyU2E/s1600-h/DSCF0003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1L2KUh_wMIZp-T_-LoEx1HOk3V7UTgggni7bt0nAq8e2HVZ7AuBptaI9t5RrstDDljwxjELOwluOJ39BNvrPsvNpM8mnY79vtb8KHh7DePG3tMbO8rx_y0txvt7jOgoApTgrDaPnpyU2E/s400/DSCF0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415761933606139314" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Incidentally</span> Monday was also our 41st wedding anniversary. We had planned to go out for a meal, but couldn't be bothered to get dressed up in the dark, and as the power cut was throughout <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Parcent</span>, and Monday is closing day for most <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">restaurants</span>, it was unlikely that anything would be open anyway. But with a roaring fire and candle light it was quite a romantic meal. Fortunately we cook with gas so Jan was able to make the dinner - also by candlelight.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrCPISLKJ7AeSL_A3nlpy8302FqlVhO2sqYbV7auqL57XnVdZ2rVqj_oyvCDgldsgUcNhEvvsNTdbjUACqIgpehdwTOOG60yXcB8jpviRmThsn6mRdE7LLGQ_dZWmnolIfK8aQ3_8LHIL/s1600-h/DSCF0004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrCPISLKJ7AeSL_A3nlpy8302FqlVhO2sqYbV7auqL57XnVdZ2rVqj_oyvCDgldsgUcNhEvvsNTdbjUACqIgpehdwTOOG60yXcB8jpviRmThsn6mRdE7LLGQ_dZWmnolIfK8aQ3_8LHIL/s400/DSCF0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415761846963111362" border="0" /></a>Then on Tuesday morning we woke up to the first snow we have had in our four years here in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Parcent</span>. Only a light scattering on the mountain tops, but unusual enough to take a few photographs. And of course our usual blue skies. By lunchtime it was warm enough to eat lunch on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">naya</span> and even have a little snooze afterwards. <br /><br />But when the sun goes down so does the temperatures. Winter has arrived and our annual battle with the cold. These houses are designed for keeping cool in the summer, not for keeping warm in the winter. <br /><br />The forecast is for slightly warmer weather and no more rain. So it looks like back to normal next week.<br /><br /></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-20095994205021517302009-12-07T11:13:00.000-08:002009-12-07T23:56:44.752-08:007 Dec 2009 - Lliber<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eTYUVyejCBsb8B3c_d52JmKCYyCFghYbY_XyiGvIELV8DH4hvuUIer7bs1vwApgLxZM4j06LiU-eMrkSYK2aY4eLl4Mrpgk5U7ZNq7vGtrQSQmYh4KTFYqQZgY6TZ4EGrIADjzASdXjy/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eTYUVyejCBsb8B3c_d52JmKCYyCFghYbY_XyiGvIELV8DH4hvuUIer7bs1vwApgLxZM4j06LiU-eMrkSYK2aY4eLl4Mrpgk5U7ZNq7vGtrQSQmYh4KTFYqQZgY6TZ4EGrIADjzASdXjy/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412579651316645330" border="0" /></a>We do two walks from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lliber</span>, but this is my favourite. Its called Font <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">l'Axia</span>, or something very similar. A much more difficult climb than the other, but well worth it for the views and the valley walk back.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKTm_xq7bxTU1qH21RcLjswftykNgBeS0qRCZKBWSPskuh9keiHWEEYL3c0NEwWr1JoCGWWniPLwr1HZk6rDIneQObZABj8aj31IFn4n8CiWqB4pI0crkuGQ-EiO921hieLukFxwF24gC/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKTm_xq7bxTU1qH21RcLjswftykNgBeS0qRCZKBWSPskuh9keiHWEEYL3c0NEwWr1JoCGWWniPLwr1HZk6rDIneQObZABj8aj31IFn4n8CiWqB4pI0crkuGQ-EiO921hieLukFxwF24gC/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412579558666171746" border="0" /></a>The walk starts in the village of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Lliber</span>, which is about 10 miles from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Parcent</span>. We parked in the central car park, which was quite busy due to today being a religious fiesta day. Its a tiny village, so we were soon out in "the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">campo</span>". The path is not very clearly marked, so Pat did very well not to lose it.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2w4tOJqdcGaEST0fsC3plGbpzi6TJMDhg4J1rMwtvd1hw-IplCrhVlLTW3kVVuChs8eExv_CQiq_Ki-Gk9vXIusAPyVk9Ci-YXB5zEPOXZjgWACXYofR-n39OEANMeZxIrvdMWMAvyG3/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2w4tOJqdcGaEST0fsC3plGbpzi6TJMDhg4J1rMwtvd1hw-IplCrhVlLTW3kVVuChs8eExv_CQiq_Ki-Gk9vXIusAPyVk9Ci-YXB5zEPOXZjgWACXYofR-n39OEANMeZxIrvdMWMAvyG3/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412579369645481586" border="0" /></a>One of the nice things about the Monday Club is that there is always someone to help anyone who needs it over the more difficult parts. This time Peter and Barry were providing the helping hands.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvLEra4X47RlADwRYcpzQSn-4hByeXfzO_MtNE8rQfHan3w7XvIypt2HQK1-yAFhqvx1ttsKghlKkbMh9bnLIGMoubVffagrzs0D1v4wTwwYM8xnnpwBn0UEdYd6DLeGIWnu9W_WZ3iY7/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvLEra4X47RlADwRYcpzQSn-4hByeXfzO_MtNE8rQfHan3w7XvIypt2HQK1-yAFhqvx1ttsKghlKkbMh9bnLIGMoubVffagrzs0D1v4wTwwYM8xnnpwBn0UEdYd6DLeGIWnu9W_WZ3iY7/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412579190635914610" border="0" /></a>Once we started climbing it was not long before the jackets came off, though not the jumpers yet. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmpxfT0pHdwTUcc_x2BFIPcwA154XhJnNgElwn7CRjjaMC4jQgZbgmnISXrGrYepG4jwXqSb5Rrov86oXGIvUg0RjClUA6Cqin7e8Fd338VNupOifm3mg-ykRU2O2oxp-QbOfsQlAlh7P/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmpxfT0pHdwTUcc_x2BFIPcwA154XhJnNgElwn7CRjjaMC4jQgZbgmnISXrGrYepG4jwXqSb5Rrov86oXGIvUg0RjClUA6Cqin7e8Fd338VNupOifm3mg-ykRU2O2oxp-QbOfsQlAlh7P/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412579089034862994" border="0" /></a>This is very typical of the walking in this area. The pace is not too fast, but quite steady. There is quite a climb to do, even though it is a quite gradual assent.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YXWyaOMUyxV6zmEI1RjSrkj-Sle2Sgr9wkqfs1UEWT4Dy4eSY3iNk9tNi0K4nHGhGYPsxOQsgA-N5i19dy9f0M-olL29uj7Aup-UJEps63xtqt33TozGvFBAanYR3UVm1gmDgea3tQ-9/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YXWyaOMUyxV6zmEI1RjSrkj-Sle2Sgr9wkqfs1UEWT4Dy4eSY3iNk9tNi0K4nHGhGYPsxOQsgA-N5i19dy9f0M-olL29uj7Aup-UJEps63xtqt33TozGvFBAanYR3UVm1gmDgea3tQ-9/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412578836823996034" border="0" /></a>The first "proper stop". By now most are in shirt sleeves as the the combination of the climb and the sun has warmed us all up. Still quite a bit to climb, but a good spot for a group photograph.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqscS4B6JgkQOmBNzonE9jbozb9SVODggXOI3lA4prQMUlZC3ym1aM8E__TXSje2HLl805YgMwfZC9CM1k6TfsTb3VyVzs5aGmiN9oTzovwF2nQUiNRxTbFQfe2mxcrnvCx24pXFJ_i8Am/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqscS4B6JgkQOmBNzonE9jbozb9SVODggXOI3lA4prQMUlZC3ym1aM8E__TXSje2HLl805YgMwfZC9CM1k6TfsTb3VyVzs5aGmiN9oTzovwF2nQUiNRxTbFQfe2mxcrnvCx24pXFJ_i8Am/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412578572527816018" border="0" /></a>The ever changing scenery looking towards the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Jalon</span> valley and the mountains beyond.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRUvQvzMjPJ3YKkmCHsST9zRvWRWXT73MkHui6T74x51G98qKfnsiYDuyjfflQg6koAaC9TRIqTQUfMgRCz_GlGU4IQ9079A50XAvX8wTdsOevERgEGvLJrhDH5-t7Dfyg4qgy5QTW-5b/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRUvQvzMjPJ3YKkmCHsST9zRvWRWXT73MkHui6T74x51G98qKfnsiYDuyjfflQg6koAaC9TRIqTQUfMgRCz_GlGU4IQ9079A50XAvX8wTdsOevERgEGvLJrhDH5-t7Dfyg4qgy5QTW-5b/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412578472519052546" border="0" /></a>Almost there, though there was a false summit which was the cause of some "mumbling in the ranks". If people are able to complain it is a good indication that the pace is not too fast!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORa0DdA6bT2Qbn1f_vg4PbNbmOSyYBC-jtTTj_EHP1kjinREccmT4lgUyYGPMQF-0r-iNSjEt1MF48lxleoacvNsAnEK5vgwkashzclKsLlZutLbpLlFfn9kBi-YXPIwy45-HHjCgvgAu/s1600-h/9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORa0DdA6bT2Qbn1f_vg4PbNbmOSyYBC-jtTTj_EHP1kjinREccmT4lgUyYGPMQF-0r-iNSjEt1MF48lxleoacvNsAnEK5vgwkashzclKsLlZutLbpLlFfn9kBi-YXPIwy45-HHjCgvgAu/s400/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412578100776501074" border="0" /></a>When we reached the top we had this wonderful view of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Montgo</span> and the coast . This is looking towards <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Pedreguer</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Denia</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjft7qaoeaXWeCENPOucDRpE4gzi0kjt4rpM7V8dL5pOLUB6-9tawqhtIiGkVCB1whsfrlSdv5FkhLtheTCnnUy8ybzLbZ1Uxd7m2AtCSU9sAw-YBxRa9bo9avH0MZh7E_BIvrFi_Pcg3nG/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjft7qaoeaXWeCENPOucDRpE4gzi0kjt4rpM7V8dL5pOLUB6-9tawqhtIiGkVCB1whsfrlSdv5FkhLtheTCnnUy8ybzLbZ1Uxd7m2AtCSU9sAw-YBxRa9bo9avH0MZh7E_BIvrFi_Pcg3nG/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412577993590246722" border="0" /></a>A short stop at the top, and another opportunity for one more group photograph....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zUPNr4ZFs2tbgbH6vWStTuGYZhvOzPqlCiQEtUSv-sz8tDZ_t04R88JlyQ3OmzY0zaHCiTb30mn4BFKexzBNSg40ep-GJE4tPM7-U5Mj9mpPREkwQHHrvohb4QVKQIny2V-FMtSi6zLW/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zUPNr4ZFs2tbgbH6vWStTuGYZhvOzPqlCiQEtUSv-sz8tDZ_t04R88JlyQ3OmzY0zaHCiTb30mn4BFKexzBNSg40ep-GJE4tPM7-U5Mj9mpPREkwQHHrvohb4QVKQIny2V-FMtSi6zLW/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412577879898603154" border="0" /></a>....and then its back downhill again. The path down was considerably worse than the really good one coming up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGmdCRNdhdHMQw3cyxu1iaH1x_jpUbaDqTT4tyrzwC1U2iQ0yf2W3da8lOj5LzsfQbYIU3NyJeMV178K9AEdPB50_a7QZ3CHgE3gDAF-iQWXdy9F0XEKhNri-Kz6GTr1DMXChVWg3wVsc/s1600-h/12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGmdCRNdhdHMQw3cyxu1iaH1x_jpUbaDqTT4tyrzwC1U2iQ0yf2W3da8lOj5LzsfQbYIU3NyJeMV178K9AEdPB50_a7QZ3CHgE3gDAF-iQWXdy9F0XEKhNri-Kz6GTr1DMXChVWg3wVsc/s400/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412577776278136210" border="0" /></a>This narrow cleft in the rock is called something like "fat man's pass", or more likely "slim man's pass", because it is so narrow.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYr3iukyGA0au1YMqNUG1of8tyVwn79x2fmAe7DxTeeLW0voLd9R3wjvS7BBmVwBezAUEGGSSj7XvUJlAWUn6RpmZ-9Is5swPpXENxou8IZcoPUYOcDpiewYotGjFhSlAqdfnDHqTlbDc/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYr3iukyGA0au1YMqNUG1of8tyVwn79x2fmAe7DxTeeLW0voLd9R3wjvS7BBmVwBezAUEGGSSj7XvUJlAWUn6RpmZ-9Is5swPpXENxou8IZcoPUYOcDpiewYotGjFhSlAqdfnDHqTlbDc/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412577480401203810" border="0" /></a>Throughout the decent there are excellent views of the coast. Though a bright and sunny day, it was quite misty and not very good for long distance shots.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45OwMn4tZZJkO6acfM9U2itSzLLVyWJPf0mOvim1q-Jwxt3gaUtrnVA1jvs2yRMEFtzF6clAdq4KeZtJhxi8gvYFfqV1Vnu9k5DUSzH1UekEx1OfuWnpQd4OtFTOdW1arQHuePHONwvM8/s1600-h/14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45OwMn4tZZJkO6acfM9U2itSzLLVyWJPf0mOvim1q-Jwxt3gaUtrnVA1jvs2yRMEFtzF6clAdq4KeZtJhxi8gvYFfqV1Vnu9k5DUSzH1UekEx1OfuWnpQd4OtFTOdW1arQHuePHONwvM8/s400/14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412577061682001490" border="0" /></a>Again Pat's call "can we have a man at the front" was answered - this time by Bob and (of course) Barry.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxb-1Zu_ifoKENjb8iuzwgKE1DtA9xMRb3atLpAT2a_NFqHDpazfl7rOta4rgRTwRO5SM_c1HmLvUu5upB6Estg3Swb0aONRjy84zM8E_XW5CseujJ5ETauJWyn2oLLC38mbVEffxl9ds/s1600-h/15.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxb-1Zu_ifoKENjb8iuzwgKE1DtA9xMRb3atLpAT2a_NFqHDpazfl7rOta4rgRTwRO5SM_c1HmLvUu5upB6Estg3Swb0aONRjy84zM8E_XW5CseujJ5ETauJWyn2oLLC38mbVEffxl9ds/s400/15.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412576964853951090" border="0" /></a>As we neared the valley bottom the path improved. It was still necessary to watch where you put your feet, but the track was much wider and more distinct. The paths had been marked recently on this side of the mountain, so following the path was pretty easy.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9UWS8_fBXPtwJ2EfMO_uyFgvUs6UA7rvFrP6-J1BcFueX_m7E_waMvjR4qe86J0F2Bg4cyr_Am93ATXAiXq-p-0dcomtna5xnW0BT36tGgIditRZDgFbABKH8HaTHUgby3AQX9BeJtaw/s1600-h/16.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9UWS8_fBXPtwJ2EfMO_uyFgvUs6UA7rvFrP6-J1BcFueX_m7E_waMvjR4qe86J0F2Bg4cyr_Am93ATXAiXq-p-0dcomtna5xnW0BT36tGgIditRZDgFbABKH8HaTHUgby3AQX9BeJtaw/s400/16.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412576854900077762" border="0" /></a>This reservoir was an ideal place to have our picnic lunch. The sun was now high and very warm and pleasant. Its quite easy to forget that it is mid December, it feels just like a warm spring day in UK.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuKnvweScqncsVpNr52XotEGSjfNniHXGp-eUNl9iNPBPrzMYfCB98lBjOW7GostkNZ5lzUkts-uw5I_35bhTTHPrBsCFLzf5wltZcDyQ7rgxsHVHZciumDYehNIwMgLryQrxHt0Z8ks-/s1600-h/17.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuKnvweScqncsVpNr52XotEGSjfNniHXGp-eUNl9iNPBPrzMYfCB98lBjOW7GostkNZ5lzUkts-uw5I_35bhTTHPrBsCFLzf5wltZcDyQ7rgxsHVHZciumDYehNIwMgLryQrxHt0Z8ks-/s400/17.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412576739330128706" border="0" /></a>This lovely clearing, which could easily be Scotland, was our lunch view<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxEPZCSVMG0ZEUWBb3ZMvEtsb_dq0hcJylTCRPXRsaT21np9DIeYyMV1F7ZsG6D3ZYz7_qXJNNxO4hayp0x1TmrEOJOKQwPM5lzD-8Z9AqN0uE-HKZWpjnxuTvnXQokbUd5rbdj3KFdW7/s1600-h/18.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxEPZCSVMG0ZEUWBb3ZMvEtsb_dq0hcJylTCRPXRsaT21np9DIeYyMV1F7ZsG6D3ZYz7_qXJNNxO4hayp0x1TmrEOJOKQwPM5lzD-8Z9AqN0uE-HKZWpjnxuTvnXQokbUd5rbdj3KFdW7/s400/18.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412576499425297938" border="0" /></a>No picnic site or tables, but we are well used to making the best of what is available. This time is was the low wall. Fairly easy to get down, but some had problems getting up again!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BGgGM1nmlLXV2yD9_cLc7bw6q0qBPrCLVotXNAAD0Kled7kpRyax5prC99TI9j3dxREKqP4HALc1kuTHNRt91u18AU1wx7Iawpzu-hDfmtZ1Rz_tiL66bUMxYDrrO8RLp3617sK5hgka/s1600-h/19.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BGgGM1nmlLXV2yD9_cLc7bw6q0qBPrCLVotXNAAD0Kled7kpRyax5prC99TI9j3dxREKqP4HALc1kuTHNRt91u18AU1wx7Iawpzu-hDfmtZ1Rz_tiL66bUMxYDrrO8RLp3617sK5hgka/s400/19.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412576361287441282" border="0" /></a>After lunch it was a nice level walk along the valley back to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Lliber</span>. It was lovely to be able to step out and not have to take care where we put our feet down. However it was close to here that Jan fell off the path when she spent too much time looking at the view. Fortunately no <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">damage</span> done.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissNOl6YsclOcysMUSMIdNLzL5tjIWQo7EAsnyMuHh4NpDe_VNfBeiK3MYsquaFwmYxACLU8Z-Od1q13uF9r4uGkAxz3jWarM3dbeFYEm2nfeUcLszf8MlUHhr7wWhyZdEQOzCytU_07TI/s1600-h/20.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissNOl6YsclOcysMUSMIdNLzL5tjIWQo7EAsnyMuHh4NpDe_VNfBeiK3MYsquaFwmYxACLU8Z-Od1q13uF9r4uGkAxz3jWarM3dbeFYEm2nfeUcLszf8MlUHhr7wWhyZdEQOzCytU_07TI/s400/20.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412576140040273970" border="0" /></a>It doesn't take much to excite our interest, such as this plastic snow man in the garden of a house we passed. It gets very windy at this time of year and his arms were secured to the ground with chains to prevent him blowing away.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHBHTiNtZfmP4cIP47JSaqQb_dx_M_zSkDfZhG1dq2hm_4PLnMSOFRRaYL2FqINgHEoNTjSsvMPUuWdwpjsy7DBw3GEngP7yMoDL2YQXuhvY5bBzn3rY9QCnYhyphenhyphent1jSJEQDwYba2xx0U6/s1600-h/21.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHBHTiNtZfmP4cIP47JSaqQb_dx_M_zSkDfZhG1dq2hm_4PLnMSOFRRaYL2FqINgHEoNTjSsvMPUuWdwpjsy7DBw3GEngP7yMoDL2YQXuhvY5bBzn3rY9QCnYhyphenhyphent1jSJEQDwYba2xx0U6/s400/21.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412576046230582978" border="0" /></a>The latter part of the walk was along a dry river bed. Unusually the path was closed by the owner to prevent walkers using it. The river bed was not difficult, and was a contrast to the rest of the walk.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Mz5BAcJXw8i8RpWDQu5oG5LB4ke_ru4i1o_6GBV4635pK-OTInewms6hlDkuwkXxRwNBKbkYaaKEeL4T-f3hEITHPdrIa9sG2klPyBui7Q-l4UBc9hgU_TwMbFzs_Xc8pcy0CodFLLKT/s1600-h/22.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Mz5BAcJXw8i8RpWDQu5oG5LB4ke_ru4i1o_6GBV4635pK-OTInewms6hlDkuwkXxRwNBKbkYaaKEeL4T-f3hEITHPdrIa9sG2klPyBui7Q-l4UBc9hgU_TwMbFzs_Xc8pcy0CodFLLKT/s400/22.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412575940069740018" border="0" /></a>Just before we got back to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Lliber</span>, we passed this herd of bulls. They were not fenced in and seemed to be spread out over quite a big area. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CrnqRTqUJfE8QTN4VIdHoDev51J4oYMRfN_cARCbKNzLnLgGeuPfEc29Ms9xK0dK9oI4GAcgsZyQWTv4FJm_-aL9samphvRZDNcJJjKy8JJw9_V4qIAFkmrRgYX1H59ramNe_ogr6peZ/s1600-h/23.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CrnqRTqUJfE8QTN4VIdHoDev51J4oYMRfN_cARCbKNzLnLgGeuPfEc29Ms9xK0dK9oI4GAcgsZyQWTv4FJm_-aL9samphvRZDNcJJjKy8JJw9_V4qIAFkmrRgYX1H59ramNe_ogr6peZ/s400/23.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412575563218494770" border="0" /></a>As ever we finished the walk in the bar in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Lliber</span> village square. This was a longer than usual walk, but no one wanted to miss the end of walk drink<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEze1sMnoddAEGSUjkRqdt2-muSqrR8ExmIBwqaDpCQzxJAYSkFtpRBpp6w9nonZ4TdbbLd8MeddPzQBKJRVQhoDhaC0bZbiaa0gh6q7FnjqJin81994mfonPFp29IBrc1l-MKLu0l2lHU/s1600-h/24.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 371px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEze1sMnoddAEGSUjkRqdt2-muSqrR8ExmIBwqaDpCQzxJAYSkFtpRBpp6w9nonZ4TdbbLd8MeddPzQBKJRVQhoDhaC0bZbiaa0gh6q7FnjqJin81994mfonPFp29IBrc1l-MKLu0l2lHU/s400/24.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412575226263090690" border="0" /></a>Ann has a well deserved reputation for enjoying a brandy at the end of the walk, which makes everyone else very jealous. Especially Jan, who was sitting next to her and could smell it!<br /></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-85654469850743648352009-12-05T07:38:00.000-08:002009-12-05T08:07:46.052-08:005 Dec 2009 - Orba Castle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhMJlSPgBXR4qIC_NvgR4g0Y9QIcd6NLvLq4AiNL1VeG90MaE1SMxPZIoX8LXad-GUqpnxB3lQA5xnjmOHkDNKxhHYBC920aSZw3dbtECDKWhgdhPRuSo0Jv3lGqafx-5-Q3tdyoUlkEd/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhMJlSPgBXR4qIC_NvgR4g0Y9QIcd6NLvLq4AiNL1VeG90MaE1SMxPZIoX8LXad-GUqpnxB3lQA5xnjmOHkDNKxhHYBC920aSZw3dbtECDKWhgdhPRuSo0Jv3lGqafx-5-Q3tdyoUlkEd/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411778412241660898" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Orba</span> Castle is one of our local walks, in fact this photo was taken from the end of our road.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrntrYGEzLXUM49oKXG96gKG3CQGdiCqQ_RmKOnFyWGtkPvTFBAoeC-wKRs9khguQHoT8y8pLznUOyDTipT8JAoRrep7HZGMZVvogS-t0b35YQoPlK0AqJvh3WqyIaxfDqjCKVGuL3PPxg/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrntrYGEzLXUM49oKXG96gKG3CQGdiCqQ_RmKOnFyWGtkPvTFBAoeC-wKRs9khguQHoT8y8pLznUOyDTipT8JAoRrep7HZGMZVvogS-t0b35YQoPlK0AqJvh3WqyIaxfDqjCKVGuL3PPxg/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411778326816137714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Its always difficult to know what to wear for walking at this time of year. This morning we had blue skies, but it was cold enough to need a coat. We both love December and January, because it feels so fresh - like Spring in UK.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96IyFarVCUTTUaFLWaNHsf1AQ8oxeop-bvLtJDQ5-G8jcAF7tUdmj_HYSVczdYW-tDnRBEhQ8WKkmVWblmsvS9EHSkO6hIU0d490_883bDC8S36D6rwT_4-M0cyRsQGdfHnFO_vLEEfnF/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96IyFarVCUTTUaFLWaNHsf1AQ8oxeop-bvLtJDQ5-G8jcAF7tUdmj_HYSVczdYW-tDnRBEhQ8WKkmVWblmsvS9EHSkO6hIU0d490_883bDC8S36D6rwT_4-M0cyRsQGdfHnFO_vLEEfnF/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411778234175175746" border="0" /></a>The first part of the walk is through "the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">campo</span>" through masses of orange trees. The mountain is "The Green Horse", another favourite of ours. We usually walk in a group, but its nice to be on our own for a change. Everything is so quiet and peaceful.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5p7nk_bJAxYVXG5s-hsn8EJ8wBCJ0PC06Ro3sHuHpDJ8ZVJi_3UqgK1h7QNWOoYdWcmjG6kN7YWak7Xz4fk1Ij9pgGW-nYHl564izfN-uFa-MpwsYzASltoSwk-Ab3i4nFQf_r9CWQKKz/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5p7nk_bJAxYVXG5s-hsn8EJ8wBCJ0PC06Ro3sHuHpDJ8ZVJi_3UqgK1h7QNWOoYdWcmjG6kN7YWak7Xz4fk1Ij9pgGW-nYHl564izfN-uFa-MpwsYzASltoSwk-Ab3i4nFQf_r9CWQKKz/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411778107971419954" border="0" /></a>This is pretty typical of the paths we use. They are not marked, and you only know about them by someone else taking you the first time. We have done this walk about 20 times, but earlier this year we took a wrong turning on the way back - too busy talking! There are many paths and most of them are farmers paths which only lead to his field.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYFpvUX8T3iKc7DWrk5Fh5gGTk2xsNd9FZq_gbY0xORJ_zJkotoNkW99tG0eufc290dDF_ad1kYF7svx3pFCPED_L8Hj85tARdA_GZUM0HMvZO8FOniUhR59SfNnzkj5xio-Q9sTfTrXm/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYFpvUX8T3iKc7DWrk5Fh5gGTk2xsNd9FZq_gbY0xORJ_zJkotoNkW99tG0eufc290dDF_ad1kYF7svx3pFCPED_L8Hj85tARdA_GZUM0HMvZO8FOniUhR59SfNnzkj5xio-Q9sTfTrXm/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411778014630720498" border="0" /></a>After half an hour we reach the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">barranco</span> (a dry river bed). This used to be a narrow river bed overgrown with weeds and bamboo. But a couple of years ago we had a big storm which resulted in heavy floods, and this river was completely changed. For months we could not do this walk at all as the water was too deep - and about four times as wide as we had ever seen it before. It is now almost completely dry, but still the same width. Very impressive, and unlike anything we had seen in UK.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZrrzxy51amUkRdKB24Fqt-ACyQMOxVTZpJxCj1ftos0ZDtG7irLf3TzUKehpbzps3rQ1YRxEoFNEB3bjXGlQQlzwhPpSvbM_CHGjDLvql0cugORu0XzHbTtU-xMMOX2psyHG_dO7vPl3/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZrrzxy51amUkRdKB24Fqt-ACyQMOxVTZpJxCj1ftos0ZDtG7irLf3TzUKehpbzps3rQ1YRxEoFNEB3bjXGlQQlzwhPpSvbM_CHGjDLvql0cugORu0XzHbTtU-xMMOX2psyHG_dO7vPl3/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411777922098569122" border="0" /></a>Next comes the village of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Murla</span>, and then into the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">campo</span> again heading for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Orba</span> Castle. The village was very busy, which is most unusual. First there was a market in the square, with lots of cheap and tacky Christmas decorations. Then there were a large group of hunters meeting in the village before setting off for a days shooting.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MdOrwh1E70HRssb5oVTX3W-sQ7MKipk7LqYWV66NM3SAFCaLdm_HvHf-Io_fjw3pNTyio75dtdihbC7MM9u4FWAs5nXe7462JqGVKC1wcpL3c2CG3F1JByfiMCCdF5ecqjq9LCjf6ons/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MdOrwh1E70HRssb5oVTX3W-sQ7MKipk7LqYWV66NM3SAFCaLdm_HvHf-Io_fjw3pNTyio75dtdihbC7MM9u4FWAs5nXe7462JqGVKC1wcpL3c2CG3F1JByfiMCCdF5ecqjq9LCjf6ons/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411777837059484578" border="0" /></a>The climb is not too difficult, though it is on very bad tracks. There is a new "official" route, but we prefer our old one. It was not as overgrown as we feared it might be. It involves a little scrambling, but there are plenty of places to stop for a short break.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40cjBo-GnWobg6qqbghR10KMLxfEQB5ICfQF0BUZnhgm6F2wp3q1w7PeQwmfbHtwf1UvIt-b2hsDajDq8Tb5dsQK_VLnFzSXJhI43WvPLf6tX9-oFuYllLLmAkrII_bwjwyTwvdvvt9o3/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40cjBo-GnWobg6qqbghR10KMLxfEQB5ICfQF0BUZnhgm6F2wp3q1w7PeQwmfbHtwf1UvIt-b2hsDajDq8Tb5dsQK_VLnFzSXJhI43WvPLf6tX9-oFuYllLLmAkrII_bwjwyTwvdvvt9o3/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411777741594913170" border="0" /></a>Two hours after we left the house we were at the castle. I am not sure how long the walk is, about 10-12 km I would think - plus the climb of course. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ14DehOc5iXH9BEJ1NH0eK05XJP0tyPrgSTu6la5bHcKjshMLyP6dU8nOavXk1426QXDkev6dq4Cde_hTySDSBmO2Z6dVlxXxeotyrxVzQHAYdp02uNf3YidsafcdGCdlCopn1KahXdH/s1600-h/9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ14DehOc5iXH9BEJ1NH0eK05XJP0tyPrgSTu6la5bHcKjshMLyP6dU8nOavXk1426QXDkev6dq4Cde_hTySDSBmO2Z6dVlxXxeotyrxVzQHAYdp02uNf3YidsafcdGCdlCopn1KahXdH/s400/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411777631770295490" border="0" /></a>And this is the view which makes it all worth while. The castle is in ruins, but there is plenty of space to find shade or shelter from the wind if required. Today this was not necessary as it was sunny and warm when we reached the top.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pM5KZ5xpewV7yBBJoLgqzdwHccE8jw4dfbTtb6Sq0o-_ao5igIpOw4QKlbX9d0t_RLb7qvqySfcdOFhulR-E5oS-W-RKcAFWJ8GvGk7K4mk4ijcM1-f41Q9UX-JHkAfqbXwCOFdMO7JC/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pM5KZ5xpewV7yBBJoLgqzdwHccE8jw4dfbTtb6Sq0o-_ao5igIpOw4QKlbX9d0t_RLb7qvqySfcdOFhulR-E5oS-W-RKcAFWJ8GvGk7K4mk4ijcM1-f41Q9UX-JHkAfqbXwCOFdMO7JC/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411777501427128786" border="0" /></a>We had the castle to ourselves, and we choose to sit facing the coast to have our picnic lunch. It is not the most comfortable place to sit, and you have to move around to find a spot that is not too uncomfortable.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71E7amWomNHWthK6HmvH92ysp7i33kKqVWcGGtEc8cCsM4g067Lb0YA8Oo7jG5_QWbd2Y7eim6WWUG7dGHWoyBB6Hrdk6y5vmEjRM4YRIJCrc_QTR6hs8Z925OYVFkFL_MgHG3oCRpAnc/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71E7amWomNHWthK6HmvH92ysp7i33kKqVWcGGtEc8cCsM4g067Lb0YA8Oo7jG5_QWbd2Y7eim6WWUG7dGHWoyBB6Hrdk6y5vmEjRM4YRIJCrc_QTR6hs8Z925OYVFkFL_MgHG3oCRpAnc/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411777393572187906" border="0" /></a>This is the view we had whilst we ate our lunch. The town is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Orba</span>, and the mountains behind <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Benimeli</span> (The Aerials walk). <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Orba</span> valley leads to the coast at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ondara</span>, which is near <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Denia</span>. Today is a fiesta, and whilst we ate we could hear a distant band playing in either <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Orba</span> or one of the other villages.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpP-U6vNCjGwWUCg0SVSMJNBQXkhGNVxn2jzBi0oh559qBK56MG_rzl8MF8mcx8dDY_XhvCz8OnP_MpUztXXwAyyMBYo_jt7ZVCtRDWA7zyzBUqvqiJN512P0qP1-fiR2CBKWAlUNDLbi/s1600-h/12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpP-U6vNCjGwWUCg0SVSMJNBQXkhGNVxn2jzBi0oh559qBK56MG_rzl8MF8mcx8dDY_XhvCz8OnP_MpUztXXwAyyMBYo_jt7ZVCtRDWA7zyzBUqvqiJN512P0qP1-fiR2CBKWAlUNDLbi/s400/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411777285147944482" border="0" /></a>It was very pleasant sitting in the sun, but you don't want to sit for too long or you get stiff and its difficult to get going again. We took about half an hour for our lunch, and were off <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">again</span> before 12.30pm.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwoITy5372DxI5S5QZcQfpfkD2xYTMgYFngUdFK-NceV5-eoXRKjPqzX4DS2XdXbcp8BfIkAmPHeZqab5YXy5v89KVgm0DZ3kSbqPuhuymSW0s4w5OzkAbPWQigY2gQnxmUarulJmibV4/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwoITy5372DxI5S5QZcQfpfkD2xYTMgYFngUdFK-NceV5-eoXRKjPqzX4DS2XdXbcp8BfIkAmPHeZqab5YXy5v89KVgm0DZ3kSbqPuhuymSW0s4w5OzkAbPWQigY2gQnxmUarulJmibV4/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411777176068015650" border="0" /></a>Half an hour later we were down in the valley again, and were home by 2.30pm. Even after a shower it was still warm and sunny on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">naya</span>, where it was 23 degrees in the shade. Just right for a well deserved cup of coffee, a short read and a doze!<br /><br /></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-12209265282286972012009-11-30T07:45:00.001-08:002009-11-30T07:58:47.883-08:0030 Nov 2009 - Col de Rates<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNAcqHh-R0z2gpNVjgA8V21lM-SlNx32Vn538-YX8iSEIwEbMGikxGm3QDa0djwKbRgbGTVAceY024nTrwBLqpdaBAxI7buQw_mE4PW5H7GMMEoiaRxUJpNLnRBZcFkJ4cqA4yfKxtzIi/s1600/01.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNAcqHh-R0z2gpNVjgA8V21lM-SlNx32Vn538-YX8iSEIwEbMGikxGm3QDa0djwKbRgbGTVAceY024nTrwBLqpdaBAxI7buQw_mE4PW5H7GMMEoiaRxUJpNLnRBZcFkJ4cqA4yfKxtzIi/s400/01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409924007262339794" border="0" /></a>What a difference from last week! The temperature has fallen and it was just 7 degrees when we met in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Parcent</span> to climb the Col <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">de</span> Rates. We were all well wrapped up for the long approach walk. Even the steep climb to the top did not make us remove our jackets. This photo is taken at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">finca</span> which marks the end of the steep climb. We only had a short stop as it was too cold to linger for long.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGXWa4OFSFtFqnSJ25h76FbGJDWAw4kKvhwo_Uxj6aVQWWQPi78-BoQ-DpEwPkXBsEFKFYyjdp6bu1EQBgDloxFMyyIVttEOusvRJ-vjhJJymLERoKKgudwkzmJCiaPvfp2JIPv-Z6FRO/s1600/02.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGXWa4OFSFtFqnSJ25h76FbGJDWAw4kKvhwo_Uxj6aVQWWQPi78-BoQ-DpEwPkXBsEFKFYyjdp6bu1EQBgDloxFMyyIVttEOusvRJ-vjhJJymLERoKKgudwkzmJCiaPvfp2JIPv-Z6FRO/s400/02.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409923907041047282" border="0" /></a>From the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">finca</span> is is a lovely level walk to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">restaurant</span> on the Col <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">de</span> Rates. Even the cold wind could not take away from the lovely views of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Parcent</span> and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Orba</span> valley beyond leading to the coast.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-5QKvI6r0y401QrDTfDefPa_3UP_Nkgt-VJ4ioW2rTzPi7dYQVr3MsM5f4mEvIkYgPEqY3hSIe5auawDT-3PSk9tdd0StKvIGkQr39Xuez2xkw6SJ6B1I-96NixM1JSeBtC-awCo_h9-/s1600/03.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-5QKvI6r0y401QrDTfDefPa_3UP_Nkgt-VJ4ioW2rTzPi7dYQVr3MsM5f4mEvIkYgPEqY3hSIe5auawDT-3PSk9tdd0StKvIGkQr39Xuez2xkw6SJ6B1I-96NixM1JSeBtC-awCo_h9-/s400/03.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409923811768922626" border="0" /></a>Margaret, left above, suggested that we have a coffee in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">restaurant</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"></span>, and there were no objections. I was not sure that the management would welcome us in our walking boots, but it was very quiet and I think they welcomed the custom. It was lovely and warm, with a blazing fire in one corner. And very cosy with all of the Christmas decorations already in place. It was however not easy to get everyone going again when we have finished our coffee!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyTtH-OOtSQPc3sPDc-qnG5zYi77wThnAIT9lL54Dha8AVZJghx-FPMOn5nyQIU08rPp63y6CsE9cwV7RhoSUWyIPkUv0TvfRWKJXSiqLgen-_C1q965_SKDWRIUhC_n1_59jIi-kM4Vg/s1600/04.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyTtH-OOtSQPc3sPDc-qnG5zYi77wThnAIT9lL54Dha8AVZJghx-FPMOn5nyQIU08rPp63y6CsE9cwV7RhoSUWyIPkUv0TvfRWKJXSiqLgen-_C1q965_SKDWRIUhC_n1_59jIi-kM4Vg/s400/04.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409923627837609058" border="0" /></a>By the time we started downhill the sun was shinning, though the wind was very cold. We made our way to our usual lunch spot, and found some shelter from the wind behind some rocks. Even in the sun it was not warm, the wind being very cold, but with our jackets on and our backs to the wind it was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ok</span> for a short break. Then the long downhill walk along very good tracks to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Parcent</span> and the cars. Despite the drop in temperatures it was still a lovely walk.jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-76094012895545691342009-11-24T14:02:00.000-08:002009-11-24T14:41:52.226-08:0023 Nov 2009 - Benimeli Aerials<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60r-azEYt58LeRW_AhXC63-591j62UhH3oNXsPjfLwLXdPpQpkNwnz-hYjIxqU4nIMFZH0OMumCdyvdKPJVsloniZKXyMiBdZ26ariWo6B-mLigKuRBfyWMlpVMJLA6KOsu7SyA80So_5/s1600/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60r-azEYt58LeRW_AhXC63-591j62UhH3oNXsPjfLwLXdPpQpkNwnz-hYjIxqU4nIMFZH0OMumCdyvdKPJVsloniZKXyMiBdZ26ariWo6B-mLigKuRBfyWMlpVMJLA6KOsu7SyA80So_5/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407803959656830402" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">These are the aerials from Benimeli, a lovely walk and not nearly as difficult as it looks.<span style=""> </span>There were 17 for the walk, a good turn out for the Monday Club.<span style=""> </span>This is a walk which Jan and I do quite often, as it is a favorite to take our fitter visitors.<span style=""> </span>Not too much climb and spectacular views of the coast, Jalon and Orba valleys.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This local turned up as we were putting our boots on.<span style=""> </span>I have never seen him before, and am not sure whether he was some sort of local character.<span style=""> </span>He made a great fuss of getting us to move off the road so that he could get his horse and cart past, but I think it was all a bit of an act.</p>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The walk starts with a stroll through the village and then uphill following the stations of the cross.<span style=""> </span>It is quite a steep climb, and no where to stop for a break.<span style=""> </span>Though we did have short stops just to allow everyone to keep up.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The weather today was pretty well ideal for walking.<span style=""> </span>Warm sun and clear blue skies, with a cool wind.<span style=""> </span>Fortunately the first part of the climb was in the shade, because we were soon feeling quite warm enough without our jumpers or jackets.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb9CPAe8yK8Ox9CsWbbI4cJcq_FnF4ETAPandRQ5jpyuBrnPieTVNMPzvRGGXhbLuYxYoa94IHKt4RPTVjZeFQH497WhwxbhPcVcfltilaRzpVynYSBw3QXQmlD7QC490KSj6U9CdTv3C/s1600/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb9CPAe8yK8Ox9CsWbbI4cJcq_FnF4ETAPandRQ5jpyuBrnPieTVNMPzvRGGXhbLuYxYoa94IHKt4RPTVjZeFQH497WhwxbhPcVcfltilaRzpVynYSBw3QXQmlD7QC490KSj6U9CdTv3C/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407802499821462834" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We were soon well above the valley and I could tell by the constant nattering that the pace was not too fast for anyone.<span style=""> </span>Normally we allow everyone to climb at their own pace, but on a narrow track like this it is not possible.<span style=""> </span>So setting a suitable pace for everyone is not easy.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It took us just over half an hour to reach our first halt.<span style=""> </span>This was at an abandoned finca on a flat area just before we started the second stage of the climb.<span style=""> </span>It’s a good spot to have a short break.<span style=""> </span>There is plenty of space to sit, and the walls provide shelter from the wind.<span style=""> </span>This was not really necessary today, as it is also a nice little sun trap.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Time for our first group photo before we set off again.<span style=""> </span>This was the last walk before they return to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> for David and Rosemary, and he also takes photographs of the walks.<span style=""> </span>So in the group photographs either he or is are always missing.<span style=""> </span>I took this one, but I have a copy of the one he took with me in it as well.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The views of the valley are always changing as we climb.<span style=""> </span>The village on the right is Benimeli where we started, then Rafol on the right and Sagra on the far right.<span style=""> </span>Orba is in the middle distance and behind is “Cavall Verde” (our Green Horse walk).</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The second part of the climb is short and sharp.<span style=""> </span>There are many paths to the top, many of them marked by different groups.<span style=""> </span>However last year a new official path was marked in green and white, and that is the one we followed today.<span style=""> </span>It is slightly longer and more winding than the old one, but it is a much easier climb.<span style=""> </span>I offered to let the group use any path they preferred, but all opted for the official one when I told them it was an easier climb.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">At the top is a lovely view point, shaded by this large tree.<span style=""> </span>There is also a car park and a picnic area with wooden tables.<span style=""> </span>Fortunately it was empty today, because it is really annoying to do all of that climbing and then find a group sitting and enjoying the view who have only walked a few yards from their car.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It was a clear day and we had views of the coast all the way to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Valencia</st1:place></st1:country-region> and beyond.<span style=""> </span>There were also views<span style=""> </span>of the coast<span style=""> </span>and of course of Montgo overlooking Denia.<span style=""> </span>The area directly in front is a large rice fields which are famous locally for bird watching.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">From here there is a steep climb up the road leading to the aerials, and then a nice flat walk past the Iberian ruins to our picnic spot at the end of the ridge.<span style=""> </span>Lots of<span style=""> </span>flat<span style=""> </span>rocks to sit and eat our picnic lunch.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I climbed this rock to take photos of the group at lunch, and of the surrounding area.<span style=""> </span>Whilst there David took this photo of me.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPuIilQUCqquNH4uZUaEphKpnE-sunOAfBQYqzNtMgizUMqcOYkXVr6LTthelg8ukNEtjd19T3OB7F0aVrwk0BsAmR3lwhxUDKBEVlTJy26V8sT2_w0woep8XsjNNT4z4lC_m46kZ1EoU/s1600/12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPuIilQUCqquNH4uZUaEphKpnE-sunOAfBQYqzNtMgizUMqcOYkXVr6LTthelg8ukNEtjd19T3OB7F0aVrwk0BsAmR3lwhxUDKBEVlTJy26V8sT2_w0woep8XsjNNT4z4lC_m46kZ1EoU/s400/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407800198616787122" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A lovely view of Montgo with Denia and the coast behind.<span style=""> </span>I seem to take one of this view every time we do this walk.<span style=""> </span>But I never tire of these views or enjoy sitting in a sunny spot having lunch.<span style=""> </span>It always makes us realize how very lucky we are t o live in such a lovely area.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A rare photo of Jan and I together, again courtesy of David.<span style=""> </span>Jan did complain at having to climb up the rock to have it taken, but I think it was well worth the effort.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3Vf05mqNaUsUE9JryhQVm24Az3eSiziNRE_K5WjaX8jzWAyw_wCNvLQd9MLH_T5FMxQTG78EUYg0dBCWHbeGO4W80u84ZWUjPXifCKwXtcBxo4RHw1KNNKfFYR6dBheFu5Fz7TjANe80/s1600/14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3Vf05mqNaUsUE9JryhQVm24Az3eSiziNRE_K5WjaX8jzWAyw_wCNvLQd9MLH_T5FMxQTG78EUYg0dBCWHbeGO4W80u84ZWUjPXifCKwXtcBxo4RHw1KNNKfFYR6dBheFu5Fz7TjANe80/s400/14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407799798864518306" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Sue making the best of a quiet moment<span style=""> </span>to sit and admire the views.<span style=""> </span></p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Another view of the rice fields and the coast behind.<span style=""> </span>The whole coast from <span style=""> </span>Benidorm in the south to Ondara in the north is covered with urbanizations. <span style=""> </span>They all have sea views and consist of a narrow strip of housing.<span style=""> </span>Most are holiday homes, and are deserted at this time of year. </p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Everyone is very comfortable sitting in the warm sunshine, and not in any hurry to start walking again.<span style=""> </span>But you have to be careful not to sit for too long, or you get stiff and sore when you finally get going again.<span style=""> </span>Half an hour is about right, though it is tempting to stay much longer.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If you look a very carefully at this photo you can see the ruins of a small fort or watch tower built high on the side of this rock face.<span style=""> </span>There is a path which leads downhill towards the coast.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ocLORnBAETeKRzIWJa_OFsRgiXS6cVhTmLXRckywQPMBCJo5TN_tg8Q6K2M3VQzbb6QxAltmQ02XoWrFmdBlsWsfwla_9zqcYYUFDUO4sSADPUP4JR-Cb0VA7GPAvdoEHAjwz3kVHdW_/s1600/20.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ocLORnBAETeKRzIWJa_OFsRgiXS6cVhTmLXRckywQPMBCJo5TN_tg8Q6K2M3VQzbb6QxAltmQ02XoWrFmdBlsWsfwla_9zqcYYUFDUO4sSADPUP4JR-Cb0VA7GPAvdoEHAjwz3kVHdW_/s400/20.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407798536680301586" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Well rested we set off back along the ridge to the aerials, then downhill and around the side of the hill back to Benimeli</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7m4OvpKhs7YGQ-Gm56BKn2BOgz9vbcjLuTq4UG1Q5IlUtm0mXARyluclZVHECSFYyMpxeMWaWcVwIH-7enL77Kbl7K-APeOWmHTjkkG9svvj4DJpc7VVcfLjxMkJg-anM8_Lsg-fV49nL/s1600/21.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7m4OvpKhs7YGQ-Gm56BKn2BOgz9vbcjLuTq4UG1Q5IlUtm0mXARyluclZVHECSFYyMpxeMWaWcVwIH-7enL77Kbl7K-APeOWmHTjkkG9svvj4DJpc7VVcfLjxMkJg-anM8_Lsg-fV49nL/s400/21.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407798205990121202" border="0" /></a>
<br />The final stretch of path is an overgrown trail through the undergrowth.<span style=""> </span>This used to be a very difficult path to follow, but has also been marked and cleared about a year ago and is now much easier to follow.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMjgXBEFAX95CutUGVEELrt-EHzgIQWONy8jF3lSBs-KZsDrGR4xxKeduUD9S8-VIbu_noXUiuM2H29TkKgHPnhCxWpTMH0bzRE5vLyYQGIUyRDEFoyLrMLkHlovQR6gLns1j7D2yUcgZ/s1600/22.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMjgXBEFAX95CutUGVEELrt-EHzgIQWONy8jF3lSBs-KZsDrGR4xxKeduUD9S8-VIbu_noXUiuM2H29TkKgHPnhCxWpTMH0bzRE5vLyYQGIUyRDEFoyLrMLkHlovQR6gLns1j7D2yUcgZ/s400/22.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407797805810323090" border="0" /></a>The walk down to the village always takes much longer than you expect, but you are soon rewarded with these views down the valley.
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Just as we reached the village we passed this colourful tree, which provided a very suitable background for our final group photograph.<span style=""> </span>As you can see everyone is still relaxed and smiling.<span style=""> </span>This is not one of the most taxing walks we do, but it is one of the most enjoyable.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Y213Hlr5vwwiXPCtmvjm7Jndpsc7EB3RCyT1x0FQLGKE0UiLnsAPeh-EdU2Hpr2x1wzkc7LT61e_HVpRiZXBI4-9hZvOOdH0ESXDdZrbZu_M09maNzbsqpBmEGkg69-X2Y0zzVayiusS/s1600/24.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Y213Hlr5vwwiXPCtmvjm7Jndpsc7EB3RCyT1x0FQLGKE0UiLnsAPeh-EdU2Hpr2x1wzkc7LT61e_HVpRiZXBI4-9hZvOOdH0ESXDdZrbZu_M09maNzbsqpBmEGkg69-X2Y0zzVayiusS/s400/24.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407794585828110594" border="0" /></a>The best part of any walk – a well deserved drink at the end. We always visit this bar in the village centre, and we usually have the outside area to ourselves. Most Spanish prefer to take their drink inside watching TV. If there is anyone else in the square they are usually “ex pats”.
<br />jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-15891542647970707042009-11-16T14:09:00.001-08:002009-11-16T14:35:59.979-08:0016 Nov 2009 - Bernia Circuit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJglhY9Q8GfIDYgDlKpGuH8dMm0VmM7y0PhtFK_DtstUPiAU9VTLXU550vbRFoLU_fUxw5JhG55B2aglpfxCxm5t1CVH_Qq_hYa1ERqtpj8JZD9qGIs_3v2ZIRCdP6v5EZSumLuCYXQKP/s1600/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJglhY9Q8GfIDYgDlKpGuH8dMm0VmM7y0PhtFK_DtstUPiAU9VTLXU550vbRFoLU_fUxw5JhG55B2aglpfxCxm5t1CVH_Qq_hYa1ERqtpj8JZD9qGIs_3v2ZIRCdP6v5EZSumLuCYXQKP/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404830553183408722" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Its almost three years since we walked the Bernia circuit with the Monday Club, and I would have thought that there would have been a larger group than the 11 who took part.<span style=""> </span>On the other hand it is quite a difficult walk, and includes a low tunnel through the mountain, so perhaps it was not too surprising.</p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3p2GO-DLy7fVveSu2ezFBcCEsx3ViVbWdIrGB6wsiHQTxk-UGCEx4Pf6LZFLNIdqjZhyEM3QO4DK5LD8hOaJ1pOLBvvNr0OmSDEZ7bA01aYcL09Z8ddYWMTEbNkAqu7iogmdD7noVdrE/s1600/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3p2GO-DLy7fVveSu2ezFBcCEsx3ViVbWdIrGB6wsiHQTxk-UGCEx4Pf6LZFLNIdqjZhyEM3QO4DK5LD8hOaJ1pOLBvvNr0OmSDEZ7bA01aYcL09Z8ddYWMTEbNkAqu7iogmdD7noVdrE/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404830287841975986" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">After an easy walk to the font, with very pleasant view to the coast, we filled our water bottles with the lovely cold water.<span style=""> </span>Then it was uphill all the way to the tunnel.<span style=""> </span>It is quite a steep path, with not many places to stop to rest.<span style=""> </span>But it was on the shaded side of Bernia, so it was much cooler than exposed to the sun.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjoybOKf0F3JGEhJe7wqjI1DJX1Yukv3Xl1YzEfcqPoSKvpWMIYPKflrTZjOdFimOZ4-q7pIAijNe43O0pApLpZhu7eMdXIXTUSTeAIIyV4aer-tGIFluZoTnYG13OmEXjFPYmQDh2PJG/s1600/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjoybOKf0F3JGEhJe7wqjI1DJX1Yukv3Xl1YzEfcqPoSKvpWMIYPKflrTZjOdFimOZ4-q7pIAijNe43O0pApLpZhu7eMdXIXTUSTeAIIyV4aer-tGIFluZoTnYG13OmEXjFPYmQDh2PJG/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404830182288588882" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Sue was supposed to lead this walk, but was not able to make it today.<span style=""> </span>Fortunately she had done a recce during the week with David, who was happy to lead.<span style=""> </span>He set an excellent pace, not too fast or slow, and did not get lost once.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMP2bz0vtlDPXO7WMA1TX16chQzFTPeIpbblnIzoOyNUtYnHsfVY7EuTPL8_Ph8g2kxzRjYDXipngLVGOCxrfKNi3Ya3aF8SeJta9B83jVodxIw_YWKVNYlR79FrPmEaRZ3igcYDf0bTq8/s1600/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIt7NNaKsQO13kVJoArxC43dH3-YELo-dweSrAytbzbV0E-UImlfMMmOdSINP98KMnDuX55cDvL7582Pcp-umFGHvD9bfJJb3lTQM9ayllZvhZ_psVA8Z0jvKbQLYn3hYhkrNr1MyzUbM/s1600/17.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVIt7NNaKsQO13kVJoArxC43dH3-YELo-dweSrAytbzbV0E-UImlfMMmOdSINP98KMnDuX55cDvL7582Pcp-umFGHvD9bfJJb3lTQM9ayllZvhZ_psVA8Z0jvKbQLYn3hYhkrNr1MyzUbM/s400/17.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404828644626221058" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Hard to believe that last week we all had our warm clothes on as it was very cold for our Green Horse walk.<span style=""> </span>Today it was similar a warm summer day in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>, though with a pleasant cool breeze.<span style=""> </span>November and December are often two of the best months for hill walking here on the Costa Blanca.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUirPWt4kvOBo76bjEOb3ZmymsPobsKDD7tfvbJzUR1mhhzVwLZskJgzNAM9faUV2-ssSUYN_nSV1O2yIUKXBMaXX0eD6taJfOMQ21ApAJMqnc5or7Y2KzX-p9pL2fn1F3RGu2qF-VZXE/s1600/18.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUirPWt4kvOBo76bjEOb3ZmymsPobsKDD7tfvbJzUR1mhhzVwLZskJgzNAM9faUV2-ssSUYN_nSV1O2yIUKXBMaXX0eD6taJfOMQ21ApAJMqnc5or7Y2KzX-p9pL2fn1F3RGu2qF-VZXE/s400/18.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404828549338331666" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Although it looks quite difficult, the path was actually very safe and easy to follow.<span style=""> </span>This is a spot where we had trouble finding the path when we last did it on our own, but it is now very well marked and easy to follow.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdy5VkyRhzkMVn3gxyBRF3hUbom-I0bP3yR5AJwIRK0pxhSpqaa51hLwhu9q3y8rnh8SQwWZ-Gf5qa5_JxA8225QFGrAMbU3Yao1gm-O7tZqIfgz_juK6FiRfszG87vDsI93SlNRRWpqUi/s1600/19.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdy5VkyRhzkMVn3gxyBRF3hUbom-I0bP3yR5AJwIRK0pxhSpqaa51hLwhu9q3y8rnh8SQwWZ-Gf5qa5_JxA8225QFGrAMbU3Yao1gm-O7tZqIfgz_juK6FiRfszG87vDsI93SlNRRWpqUi/s400/19.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404828328010707522" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Although the path was pretty level for most of the way, there was the occasional section which involved a bit of a climb.<span style=""> </span>We had now been walking for about three hours, and everyone was beginning to feel the heat and the strain.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDL18F1ZXAfbKMMpdNbSt4Hswq1k1q44HMsZj9Xiw251h07W4EXZh9WhyphenhyphenCxjVKFW0wkMadvR619XbJEzA94SscQhIqEQi7inrlckckd4WGwkAF4BC2MZCpmVHyjgER7r6niq8OdBMjJ3y6/s1600/20.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDL18F1ZXAfbKMMpdNbSt4Hswq1k1q44HMsZj9Xiw251h07W4EXZh9WhyphenhyphenCxjVKFW0wkMadvR619XbJEzA94SscQhIqEQi7inrlckckd4WGwkAF4BC2MZCpmVHyjgER7r6niq8OdBMjJ3y6/s400/20.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404828231341355154" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">You can see from this photo just how close we were to the actual jagged peaks of<span style=""> </span>Bernia.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4-jauzCen2wUFjpybUlLMu3Y2oO0Afy-SYpUuEirECXNDo9r8LKFwNNIX9ny7hYdnEiPeUiq8f5sSLZWUeKQ0PglioyuXjWopnBLADGryougpt4cqYegADuHoJqASPQLPXnxiAzSYw4-/s1600/21.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4-jauzCen2wUFjpybUlLMu3Y2oO0Afy-SYpUuEirECXNDo9r8LKFwNNIX9ny7hYdnEiPeUiq8f5sSLZWUeKQ0PglioyuXjWopnBLADGryougpt4cqYegADuHoJqASPQLPXnxiAzSYw4-/s400/21.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404828127271394802" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Lunch is in view as we approach Bernia Fort.<span style=""> </span>This last section is along a level and well defined path.<span style=""> </span>Although clearly in view, it is difficult to identify the Fort until you are very close as it is now a ruin and does not stand our from the surrounding hills.</p>
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margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">The lovely view into Guadalest valley from our picnic site.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Ken (far left) had hurt his finger when he stumbled during the early part of the walk.<span style=""> </span>And received very little sympathy during lunch as he applied some very basis first aid.<span style=""> </span>Everyone was quick to mock as he displayed the injured finger.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-54765203788604588392009-11-15T05:52:00.000-08:002009-11-15T13:47:54.601-08:0014 Nov 2009 - Alt de Ample<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmegY9yhdy1LJofFIjm3ozHmwDlLIAWG6sLY-K47lFxiNzQeXdGhou_Jvd6vZ896V20V0-sMrzVtk2CB5XoM55bnXJrd-QF1ikVCv4lsw7aRXSMPxWnnvD-zrHyP4oHcv5wTP30EUvxo-/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmegY9yhdy1LJofFIjm3ozHmwDlLIAWG6sLY-K47lFxiNzQeXdGhou_Jvd6vZ896V20V0-sMrzVtk2CB5XoM55bnXJrd-QF1ikVCv4lsw7aRXSMPxWnnvD-zrHyP4oHcv5wTP30EUvxo-/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404366012853103474" border="0" /></a>The more popular name for this walk is "the dead dog walk". I don't know why this is so, but I do know that twice a walker's dog has been poisoned by bait left by local hunters. Apparently they leave poisoned tins of tuna fish to kill foxes. The last time this happened the owner had to rush the dog to the local <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">veterinary</span> hospital, and happily the dog was saved.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43sXGrfZ1M6js7dP5YwxyOlY0CxAj-cwDHdPxRPrOt3CWHoxWkG_28yiSixAYjaJkMLZrsYuBlhOqRV2W3qzypudTurKqmsoHq1l-DOBQYe3-Ii_jMtpD7mwqkiwNkzhIHJxShWyB_toC/s1600-h/2a.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43sXGrfZ1M6js7dP5YwxyOlY0CxAj-cwDHdPxRPrOt3CWHoxWkG_28yiSixAYjaJkMLZrsYuBlhOqRV2W3qzypudTurKqmsoHq1l-DOBQYe3-Ii_jMtpD7mwqkiwNkzhIHJxShWyB_toC/s400/2a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404365915604129906" border="0" /></a>Unlike last Monday, the weather today was warm and sunny. In fact we were back in shirt sleeves again. And by the time we had climbed the steep hill at the start of the walk we were all "glowing".<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhgCkVD9xt74Z1O-cx_K_Akvh9xlx_tcCKFDKsTlYkWYf3TusqUXMkMNxcYLHELVqYeIH_KuF5ZIz5nmwMdl16kNefyPr3zYM28MRbrgJRxLVTSxKBBTJlDP194F6kX8STbGbYCgZkqqK/s1600-h/3a.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhgCkVD9xt74Z1O-cx_K_Akvh9xlx_tcCKFDKsTlYkWYf3TusqUXMkMNxcYLHELVqYeIH_KuF5ZIz5nmwMdl16kNefyPr3zYM28MRbrgJRxLVTSxKBBTJlDP194F6kX8STbGbYCgZkqqK/s400/3a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404365801576066050" border="0" /></a>The walk starts near <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Jalon</span>, but you are soon well away from civilisation. In fact during the whole walk the only other people we came met were a couple of Spanish hunters with their dogs. Its clearly an area popular with hunters, as the track was littered with used cartridge cases.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16MyJMO4mQBKYC7lqtULTg-zW04eZd8fRJ5YS3rdlKquDfqTwymPqok0wbpcea6I2Q3GLmk6Rqdak0LCSCbcSUHCX-BPRx-MRnXxmdgaxbXZaZiVkVobZQeWjhuVI_K6EU8eRWewAlqBQ/s1600-h/4a.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16MyJMO4mQBKYC7lqtULTg-zW04eZd8fRJ5YS3rdlKquDfqTwymPqok0wbpcea6I2Q3GLmk6Rqdak0LCSCbcSUHCX-BPRx-MRnXxmdgaxbXZaZiVkVobZQeWjhuVI_K6EU8eRWewAlqBQ/s400/4a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404365710803803730" border="0" /></a>We were joined on the walk with David and Rosemary. None of us had done this walk for over two years, but we followed the route without any problem. We had expected it to be overgrown and were surprised to find that the track at the start had been cut back.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeKQKPplvE8R7dThqmqoTTCon7ogcaAxixqMTYUyhKt-gvUhdIHagIK4IQiXp-2MS_PWg0KWwSXpVJBgOT0sCkMxNXWV_MyXSVOF37s12hMYTVNICFjwFbV2lH6i33QW3KG-pdRf0lMlC/s1600-h/5a.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeKQKPplvE8R7dThqmqoTTCon7ogcaAxixqMTYUyhKt-gvUhdIHagIK4IQiXp-2MS_PWg0KWwSXpVJBgOT0sCkMxNXWV_MyXSVOF37s12hMYTVNICFjwFbV2lH6i33QW3KG-pdRf0lMlC/s400/5a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404365602198170706" border="0" /></a>We had forgotten just how good the views are on this walk, both of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jalon</span> valley and towards the coast. This view towards <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Jalon</span> shows the unsightly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">urbanisation's</span> overlooking the village.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6IBHQ4cB_uYUPYHS5Llc5VV4RiWGf59eZWa8tDHN152abWNF-3BEjSwt6hU3JO1pW-MBkjw0zCENtiisySt_-NrVLQ3o83ktjjRaJO8tqvr8yOjsQNW_hyphenhyphen7S_07Erw5CoPpuJUbUto_t/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6IBHQ4cB_uYUPYHS5Llc5VV4RiWGf59eZWa8tDHN152abWNF-3BEjSwt6hU3JO1pW-MBkjw0zCENtiisySt_-NrVLQ3o83ktjjRaJO8tqvr8yOjsQNW_hyphenhyphen7S_07Erw5CoPpuJUbUto_t/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404365504630186354" border="0" /></a>There is one part of the walk where the path is difficult to find, and we remembered that you had to head towards this dead tree. Actually its obviously not quite dead, as it had been in this condition for at least two years.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdrgL615djkJiNPyvqtPy8n-6o1AK5ihios3yRsDwpky7Cqzh0QaMBQZRkz9R211T9T2TDf6vOrSLxwSmgjtxHHTl_i76-8gImiD7wQSahOlB3vTwLXhtf7utbh9B6KHqb9rNKAlTlAGM/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdrgL615djkJiNPyvqtPy8n-6o1AK5ihios3yRsDwpky7Cqzh0QaMBQZRkz9R211T9T2TDf6vOrSLxwSmgjtxHHTl_i76-8gImiD7wQSahOlB3vTwLXhtf7utbh9B6KHqb9rNKAlTlAGM/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404365227822250818" border="0" /></a>This is the lovely spot where we stopped for lunch. It is just before we start to come down the hill again, and provides excellent views of the surrounding area. The only drawback is that there is not much shade or shelter. However though warm today, it was slightly overcast so the sun was not a problem.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMRPmP_OULs9EWebSReC6NRm1SPFXKZA6joQXXsbg3GKpiru-IUDYdsFySjUgGM6GNkhUowqs90cG6tOFmuSbLKrUCXHM7d0t91DGOm_8pFn-GYenkLGOQL-jz4ucDzKOOLtdEDrbYG22/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMRPmP_OULs9EWebSReC6NRm1SPFXKZA6joQXXsbg3GKpiru-IUDYdsFySjUgGM6GNkhUowqs90cG6tOFmuSbLKrUCXHM7d0t91DGOm_8pFn-GYenkLGOQL-jz4ucDzKOOLtdEDrbYG22/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404365025313692706" border="0" /></a>As we started to follow the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">mosarabic</span> trail downhill we came <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">across</span> this strange rock formation. I often wish I knew more about such things, but sadly don't.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zYyZcsEjrqewpfXEN6i0Zr9gKg4v7xVCahe2jMXt0iOiPAnacPz6afxd-1VAODvoZiqiQlpTuf9cHUsSJQFOeVBY3FLr47Lx5GAPR_-APEE0iuo_CTcrs3CMYUD6UzHLY-ArOssrZoDU/s1600-h/9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zYyZcsEjrqewpfXEN6i0Zr9gKg4v7xVCahe2jMXt0iOiPAnacPz6afxd-1VAODvoZiqiQlpTuf9cHUsSJQFOeVBY3FLr47Lx5GAPR_-APEE0iuo_CTcrs3CMYUD6UzHLY-ArOssrZoDU/s400/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404364755465134802" border="0" /></a>Another view, this time towards <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Parcent</span> and "the green horse", the twin peaked mountain on the right, which was last Monday's walk. We could easily identify the church tower of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Parcent</span>, and just make out our house on the hill behind.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VOMEVyr3EhE3e_QI9AyGB_rFCfAUu4yews_zWO-FPQwvxHR7D6dVQW2wlyFEj81OELqibYuqP92dPEKAzCTduNNFpKdJ7SfQgOuP7GdlMvC71PqFZIcrPC5ggmwdOFtNydKdjn0BvIDT/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VOMEVyr3EhE3e_QI9AyGB_rFCfAUu4yews_zWO-FPQwvxHR7D6dVQW2wlyFEj81OELqibYuqP92dPEKAzCTduNNFpKdJ7SfQgOuP7GdlMvC71PqFZIcrPC5ggmwdOFtNydKdjn0BvIDT/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404364527466956770" border="0" /></a>The downhill walk is much longer than expected as the path takes long <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">zig</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">zags</span>. As you walk down there is a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">finca</span> in the distance which seems to get further away rather than nearer. But the views are excellent, and frequent short stops are recommended to admire it. The track is one of those where you need to watch where you are putting your feet all the time, so looking and walking are not recommended.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3U47OB5toQkPg6w7zPaPdARpHkcuogjUdAUnC28v6K3eE0o-lG2TT5WHcLPNUIeDXZtZky3C8PA6vSQMRXO9AcA9jhJtT0jfk9A4I8r1HO0uJ_HKw62g3IKPO-59WiA-JWsVVfxIOP5S/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3U47OB5toQkPg6w7zPaPdARpHkcuogjUdAUnC28v6K3eE0o-lG2TT5WHcLPNUIeDXZtZky3C8PA6vSQMRXO9AcA9jhJtT0jfk9A4I8r1HO0uJ_HKw62g3IKPO-59WiA-JWsVVfxIOP5S/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404364003990365170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The last section of the walk is through a wooded area, and when we last did it the path was badly eroded. That is the reason we did this walk as a recce. It was even worse today, and we all got scratched quite badly. But at the end we found a good path, and David walked back to confirm that it would be a good alternative to the bad one we had used. This means that the walk would be very suitable for a Monday Club walk in the future.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTQfqCOpjPITW8f94q3Eeg18Tglyp3P7-FxpYQJnMgW5mxCvqFqhVlwXuPILlMw1zLptzHLUce1_Okpq6Z0ieb3HMTNYshOluHZck18yf8P0qEGM2ZadTSAPJBAVebKuG5N_cZnIRxfOJ/s1600-h/9.JPG"><br /></a>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-86670353620340953812009-11-10T11:30:00.001-08:002009-11-10T11:53:21.272-08:009 Nov 2009 - Green Horse<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgeHU-OjEhg1CNv1UfrGF0atcqf1wkMF-K3xAuM5eczlUr2Pk2gwKLznBohT-KAfqWlLTkLEwW32aAmpdgzdA1RYDcFIN_v6YmXiCtESiTEm-DYjmxJ2Diqa3emPsGAsx4brrTRBxyfdU/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgeHU-OjEhg1CNv1UfrGF0atcqf1wkMF-K3xAuM5eczlUr2Pk2gwKLznBohT-KAfqWlLTkLEwW32aAmpdgzdA1RYDcFIN_v6YmXiCtESiTEm-DYjmxJ2Diqa3emPsGAsx4brrTRBxyfdU/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561663859917906" border="0" /></a>Winter has finally arrived on the Costa Blanca. On our walk last week we were in shirt sleeves, but this morning was bitterly cold and very windy, though still blue skies. Today it was not only warm coats, but even gloves.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotYcaiGzvP_YtHYI-3OyVdxxkFfzk5ZgDnmum1MKpHEmHWyg9UP9s2CEqQxIrTCq0ScEaDAXdGM9sU9bIA_gqLaVefWrv_UCUmTUDMUqdztFCQZ19eyatuZL9Ha5NjBckFQu_-FZ1Sc90/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotYcaiGzvP_YtHYI-3OyVdxxkFfzk5ZgDnmum1MKpHEmHWyg9UP9s2CEqQxIrTCq0ScEaDAXdGM9sU9bIA_gqLaVefWrv_UCUmTUDMUqdztFCQZ19eyatuZL9Ha5NjBckFQu_-FZ1Sc90/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561579806523890" border="0" /></a>We made David take this group photographs because he was wearing shorts - and we didn't want him to show the rest of us up as a load of wimps.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVbViB87BCgeN_m811jUUktl3hexINsa16cN0BtNdb1-EcpfOVAsvcVhFzczheX85pITTUwrdfaJRfxJeHJVyklkoA1_TF4alKJuV7K32HQfzskk-S-ikt1EjsBB75VYVlDiaZDCEKcQC/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVbViB87BCgeN_m811jUUktl3hexINsa16cN0BtNdb1-EcpfOVAsvcVhFzczheX85pITTUwrdfaJRfxJeHJVyklkoA1_TF4alKJuV7K32HQfzskk-S-ikt1EjsBB75VYVlDiaZDCEKcQC/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561383548199298" border="0" /></a>We only had a couple of very short stops to catch our breath on the way to the top of the Green Horse, but everyone was still keeping their jackets on - except David of course who set an example to us all in his shorts and body warmer.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBym-hDxFKWmpsUfysZiP6B6yLwl1fIZm5oDBwcFwI1uZeTPEoxYD7-giyS8xz0C2hw9BbIVK6SsC6xfj92HZ6Nhtx_01gLPx8IDhHuKWngl1IAnfSQjHs91Xy5QzxWQ05jtVTgWlQ8oR/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBym-hDxFKWmpsUfysZiP6B6yLwl1fIZm5oDBwcFwI1uZeTPEoxYD7-giyS8xz0C2hw9BbIVK6SsC6xfj92HZ6Nhtx_01gLPx8IDhHuKWngl1IAnfSQjHs91Xy5QzxWQ05jtVTgWlQ8oR/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561293148387858" border="0" /></a>The best thing about the Green Horse is that there is a relatively easy climb, followed by some of the best views in this part of the Costa Blanca. Not only to the coast at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Denia</span>, but also down the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Jalon</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Orba</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Castells</span> valleys.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRr0DOUJ5IQ-HnsQ1BpjIlCSZpzAaD_NnfQIUoUEUzmv1N5ao1qJu00fEkYy9VrGaF3V2_I8BiVuNcHZKA0FiQ4uzFghKNcB8DLPWkjvOcUhvKrGY-2l-kzGSzQe5uWTdxLHf6UYYS7GN/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRr0DOUJ5IQ-HnsQ1BpjIlCSZpzAaD_NnfQIUoUEUzmv1N5ao1qJu00fEkYy9VrGaF3V2_I8BiVuNcHZKA0FiQ4uzFghKNcB8DLPWkjvOcUhvKrGY-2l-kzGSzQe5uWTdxLHf6UYYS7GN/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402561184007177490" border="0" /></a>Margaret very wisely put on her waterproof. There was no danger of rain, but it does help to keep the chill out and (equally important) keep your hat on in the strong winds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJJ3_65LIwVeiNdsGtLT38w8n_yYMf5FlPx2nA5SellktJt0GMdpJtinmIwsaaZdMv9ty8IqdUpXggOZ7UZstz0_PbjI_g5l0DggZ6OCs5yCPa7Ysuqev-06_gXeMqipbjks6m5ldDlx3/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJJ3_65LIwVeiNdsGtLT38w8n_yYMf5FlPx2nA5SellktJt0GMdpJtinmIwsaaZdMv9ty8IqdUpXggOZ7UZstz0_PbjI_g5l0DggZ6OCs5yCPa7Ysuqev-06_gXeMqipbjks6m5ldDlx3/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402560999675437394" border="0" /></a>The route over the Green Horse goes from one side to the other, with constantly changing views of the surrounding mountains. Unfortunately the going is quite rough so it is necessary to keep your eyes on your feet rather than on the scenery.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlSyhmAES1jeMhqGXLwwoJoDdstcxwih8218qUKjftSfFHxnigAW6zl3i6yAgUEyHrYg1FsyruxhRBkaYKrCadsm23yLt29fNvfHd7Oi3PBPWgvMmMHbXh1odPQSiOL6S1MHr-iHk8cqK/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlSyhmAES1jeMhqGXLwwoJoDdstcxwih8218qUKjftSfFHxnigAW6zl3i6yAgUEyHrYg1FsyruxhRBkaYKrCadsm23yLt29fNvfHd7Oi3PBPWgvMmMHbXh1odPQSiOL6S1MHr-iHk8cqK/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402560903078095010" border="0" /></a>We usually stop a couple of times to admire the views, but it was too cold today for more than one quite short stop. We managed to get out of the wind, but it was still pretty cold and most kept their warm jackets on.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fkdJeYDqzpbP1LCUm5WetHDgH_TPXLzxs4Bg4apWD0NWH3TWn1lIQjsDDodW7LyQE9Ls54pQ7B3NzqEs-ir4vxKzfT6B2pMsQIrlk0HT3qmtMJUfjzzzcszxTe5bpmE4_wT-peyyprej/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fkdJeYDqzpbP1LCUm5WetHDgH_TPXLzxs4Bg4apWD0NWH3TWn1lIQjsDDodW7LyQE9Ls54pQ7B3NzqEs-ir4vxKzfT6B2pMsQIrlk0HT3qmtMJUfjzzzcszxTe5bpmE4_wT-peyyprej/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402560794369441042" border="0" /></a>Then it was on again and more spectacular views. There was not as much chatting as usual today, because it was quite difficult to hear with the strong winds. Not strong enough to be dangerous, but too strong to hear what the walker behind was saying.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGcObzD0sltwt-sP8IcGIht4cDlfsnMG5TFRTmTsx5hWLRczCVyOGoNKbeIS8fP9PG-yrZNKVUG1ezMPsWfWpkHhbSazrIMwXT8JAcvt5vQJCgVerGbFhVMKPcJj_vIRf8CkZHVKgtNfu/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGcObzD0sltwt-sP8IcGIht4cDlfsnMG5TFRTmTsx5hWLRczCVyOGoNKbeIS8fP9PG-yrZNKVUG1ezMPsWfWpkHhbSazrIMwXT8JAcvt5vQJCgVerGbFhVMKPcJj_vIRf8CkZHVKgtNfu/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402560343255981506" border="0" /></a>And soon it was time to make our way down from the top. This track always takes longer than I remember, but is very pleasant as the paths are better and there is more opportunity to look around at the scenery. We were also less bothered by the wind once we began to lose height.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_FMzjf_Ptja5bajRPih1E_AiEcr-OCV5BkSBAfrEXLrCGAAzOax9S8ehEoBHukkLO7-XgGmUnD6Wz-kRRWuigaNgcWpfmagKx6xRE2i_tAzwCOgZZ2EDSzw1Rjq6xGp3cttQxpbEWt0W/s1600-h/12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_FMzjf_Ptja5bajRPih1E_AiEcr-OCV5BkSBAfrEXLrCGAAzOax9S8ehEoBHukkLO7-XgGmUnD6Wz-kRRWuigaNgcWpfmagKx6xRE2i_tAzwCOgZZ2EDSzw1Rjq6xGp3cttQxpbEWt0W/s400/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402560246426742530" border="0" /></a>We always have our picnic lunch at the cafe, which is always closed on a Monday. But today the owner was there as they were doing some work indoors. But they had no objection to us using the picnic tables.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5a6hfv6D963VPq0t-9U724EgaetWxCeNwMbFGBo2nhOeCkCo09Vsx9z8q-sDaamC4D1SGG48-qYjRhvT_54VVJmP7NqRrYljxRwzuf7zSY1Huvtd22uvABvP_OQHtvS0jDJIfLXcUsQF/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5a6hfv6D963VPq0t-9U724EgaetWxCeNwMbFGBo2nhOeCkCo09Vsx9z8q-sDaamC4D1SGG48-qYjRhvT_54VVJmP7NqRrYljxRwzuf7zSY1Huvtd22uvABvP_OQHtvS0jDJIfLXcUsQF/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402560147788246642" border="0" /></a>After lunch we did an extension to the walk which we had not done before. It added about an hour to the walk, which some feel is a little too short for a Monday Club walk anyway.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ95GOaxabkyGWLw_R9ALUYz0CzI8GyHzS9VuUgmMy5MQ0m8Rl6He_20rQXW-gLPsdFaTnULtIgfrrBsbNwULDrQgGL3hB6FprPi_Dn4JaXJH6cYBrCgZyBndv9gZQ3sCzycpKBHecZX2j/s1600-h/14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ95GOaxabkyGWLw_R9ALUYz0CzI8GyHzS9VuUgmMy5MQ0m8Rl6He_20rQXW-gLPsdFaTnULtIgfrrBsbNwULDrQgGL3hB6FprPi_Dn4JaXJH6cYBrCgZyBndv9gZQ3sCzycpKBHecZX2j/s400/14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402560048438779378" border="0" /></a>As it was windy and cold it was decided to walk back along the road rather than the usual track along the side of the hill. This was quicker and made up for the extra time spent on the extension to the standard walk.<br /></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-88326520061181388082009-11-09T11:36:00.000-08:002009-12-07T11:13:05.570-08:005 to 8 Nov 2008 - Cartagena<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-85uJOlUuTkQX2DkwLPGJ8w1Kp4RbXe7TaRlBxDvr_6DOEobJ7q5cLXg6pxMk0LVDM67Me3NZwIvbUwS_ZXKtJltV_eZQ1xj3gYf4PZ4eXUtZe5dQnPsryU7exFYD_zTjkVfYpuUaCKST/s1600-h/09.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-85uJOlUuTkQX2DkwLPGJ8w1Kp4RbXe7TaRlBxDvr_6DOEobJ7q5cLXg6pxMk0LVDM67Me3NZwIvbUwS_ZXKtJltV_eZQ1xj3gYf4PZ4eXUtZe5dQnPsryU7exFYD_zTjkVfYpuUaCKST/s400/09.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402194921530792770" border="0" /></a>It has taken us three years to visit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cartagena</span>, and then only because our friends David and Rosemary suggested that we go together for a long weekend.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yF_gGzx_eDjT6yajD38e5jLXJ-YTEoj8F0L0QPFS-ug4Oygt4zj9pQUzKBkSyIaVw91bF5XWmDLUgVWHT6yKIc4j87I53N7QmDRYeNkee8SN3uVQBPjdlmqD9wKADt5GZe1dBTINBO6p/s1600-h/36.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yF_gGzx_eDjT6yajD38e5jLXJ-YTEoj8F0L0QPFS-ug4Oygt4zj9pQUzKBkSyIaVw91bF5XWmDLUgVWHT6yKIc4j87I53N7QmDRYeNkee8SN3uVQBPjdlmqD9wKADt5GZe1dBTINBO6p/s400/36.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402194460593750466" border="0" /></a>David booked three nights at one of the villas on this urbanisation in Mar <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Menor</span> for the bargain price of just 150 euro for four of us for three nights. We had everything we needed, though it has to be said that the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">urbanisation</span> was very quiet as it was now out of season, and all of the facilities - including the supermarket - were closed for the winter.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiodCWLrvAl59RDricBKiXOjM2DJOfo8vwYeaE-6OuB99a-Peil1AvXPdjdrY3rqBkRrLwPJsE8kFzOc_LTLe0gmst9FC6Lu1l5nWsYag0FCQWowd-i5kke9guuo_l9X7QfAKiuMfefmGC/s1600-h/27.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiodCWLrvAl59RDricBKiXOjM2DJOfo8vwYeaE-6OuB99a-Peil1AvXPdjdrY3rqBkRrLwPJsE8kFzOc_LTLe0gmst9FC6Lu1l5nWsYag0FCQWowd-i5kke9guuo_l9X7QfAKiuMfefmGC/s400/27.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402194191073687842" border="0" /></a>David noticed that there was a train line on the map at a little village called Los <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Nietos</span> which seemed to go to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cartagena</span>. On our first afternoon we drove the few miles to the village and found the station. No time table or booking office, just a station. However a visit to the cafe confirmed that the trains ran every hour to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">the city</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KTZf_qrZCcPPMx0GR8_4lhD4EHq8p9cguUGHC9CQQZ64owfRmXGz-ocotjEWyo41XKaeAJLTECEYPsfCETcAIs4-vmVxE-a0-BTfOSZnNvex6g2yhqAq9yP1A_QnzeyMYHtmVRbO8GES/s1600-h/04.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KTZf_qrZCcPPMx0GR8_4lhD4EHq8p9cguUGHC9CQQZ64owfRmXGz-ocotjEWyo41XKaeAJLTECEYPsfCETcAIs4-vmVxE-a0-BTfOSZnNvex6g2yhqAq9yP1A_QnzeyMYHtmVRbO8GES/s400/04.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402193836860184994" border="0" /></a>Friday morning found us waiting at the platform just in time to catch the 0940, and having paid 8 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">euro</span> for the four of us return, we arrived in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Cartagena</span> for 1000. We soon found the tourist information office, where a very helpful lady gave us maps and timetables and told us everything we needed to know to explore the city. First stop was the town ramparts, which provided excellent views of the city and harbour.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMRid5zDgXrGoUAF0HFYvw3Oqr9pGtGBlh9PU-akd1E4XgCdRBBN32_9IhyphenhyphenrAbo6AkhW7ERzNgCG5maAdVPQtqkQDD6O3BS8Zbplz9CSumSD-02Y0MH_1iGDjrqp_ak89WruNTkIIzsNL/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMRid5zDgXrGoUAF0HFYvw3Oqr9pGtGBlh9PU-akd1E4XgCdRBBN32_9IhyphenhyphenrAbo6AkhW7ERzNgCG5maAdVPQtqkQDD6O3BS8Zbplz9CSumSD-02Y0MH_1iGDjrqp_ak89WruNTkIIzsNL/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402193640610606434" border="0" /></a>Then on to visit the civil war shelter museum, where the locals found shelter from German bombers during the Spanish Civil War. You reach this museum by lift, which then takes you up to Conception Castle, with its excellent views over the city and harbour. And also of the bull ring. Now unused, and apparently waiting for restoration as it is held together by a sort of frame which makes it look like a piece of scenery in a stage play. We were to see quite a few examples of this throughout the city.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDHgJYe8vU-GDkALXfJv_r5gSdCh_TQjnLwf_o_UViVgcOq4MVa14x4psdMtqbP_f0Iq8aPcCUR8uZDtYP4NKSxLeDuOdhXfd1ief04fU7ZRGA887QvCe_9TxzqvB69FUeARR1aTpXrfn/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDHgJYe8vU-GDkALXfJv_r5gSdCh_TQjnLwf_o_UViVgcOq4MVa14x4psdMtqbP_f0Iq8aPcCUR8uZDtYP4NKSxLeDuOdhXfd1ief04fU7ZRGA887QvCe_9TxzqvB69FUeARR1aTpXrfn/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402193262567617714" border="0" /></a>Then it was back to the city ramparts (or city wall) and on to the city centre.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoHDVtfxp5VgUqLn1uyufocCBO09hPcbTJadSsl8EK3DeH-G5jes_XfHtMQEpjWiuz8Ab57TNL0RQxIpvatpuQsG3wsQ_h9Ma4Fi88UFRSYhe5mJDeGhh5Bx0Iun8cA8Iyx21cDp5To2t/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoHDVtfxp5VgUqLn1uyufocCBO09hPcbTJadSsl8EK3DeH-G5jes_XfHtMQEpjWiuz8Ab57TNL0RQxIpvatpuQsG3wsQ_h9Ma4Fi88UFRSYhe5mJDeGhh5Bx0Iun8cA8Iyx21cDp5To2t/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402193155009626274" border="0" /></a>Like many Spanish cities, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Cartagena</span> has many examples of street statues, including this one of a sailor with his pack. The city is a major naval centre, so this subject was not too surprising. Rosemary obviously cannot resist a naval man!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGELllAwzbWPZgNDKfjErNacJjTvJPpU9w3wfMEVjAeccNTL7Fay6o0LNu-d_06AFahNjGVWASRgCmAhnoqCPJ6uZFV_u8JsqvfssHUosgHbgGyxo7JXMHFq217eT8A7ODqhPg3528byB/s1600-h/15.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGELllAwzbWPZgNDKfjErNacJjTvJPpU9w3wfMEVjAeccNTL7Fay6o0LNu-d_06AFahNjGVWASRgCmAhnoqCPJ6uZFV_u8JsqvfssHUosgHbgGyxo7JXMHFq217eT8A7ODqhPg3528byB/s400/15.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402193056357454866" border="0" /></a>The highlight of our first day was a visit to the Roman <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Theatre</span> Museum. The whole area was recently recovered, and has the most <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">magnificent</span> modern museum build alongside the ancient theatre. It would be hard not to be very impressed. We were also surprised to find that all of the exhibits had English as well as Spanish explanations.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_a1h1uCQG-IAg8MfVFNssitUwQJLwNK6GISilUay9mBYU5cPmT8QOKkdT3qgn9fmaRqyQEtdcr3w7seP2Hdb2cvchEdvHviqAThir4px-KnC4xObQ6_ge8RKM3g1Rflccl_r8tS64C58/s1600-h/18.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_a1h1uCQG-IAg8MfVFNssitUwQJLwNK6GISilUay9mBYU5cPmT8QOKkdT3qgn9fmaRqyQEtdcr3w7seP2Hdb2cvchEdvHviqAThir4px-KnC4xObQ6_ge8RKM3g1Rflccl_r8tS64C58/s400/18.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402192916657119394" border="0" /></a>We were spoilt for choice for lunch, but settled for one just outside the Roman Theatre Museum, right in the middle of the square. We were surprised, and pleased, to find that the menu <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">del</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">dia</span> was only 11 euro each for a three course meal and half a bottle of wine.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0UePRD-jEPa2cWsxTvqDpDO-0unSjNLp7b6idYkWmUTDNnKrrBWcIz3P2l2vF1-8zY2NAS25PRpkQ-4h8FYHJGvjidj1yp6MO3Zx5U2n0tZzzLUcWaKl-JTwDAmQYZBpmIvqbwkKY47C/s1600-h/22.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0UePRD-jEPa2cWsxTvqDpDO-0unSjNLp7b6idYkWmUTDNnKrrBWcIz3P2l2vF1-8zY2NAS25PRpkQ-4h8FYHJGvjidj1yp6MO3Zx5U2n0tZzzLUcWaKl-JTwDAmQYZBpmIvqbwkKY47C/s400/22.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402192798377967426" border="0" /></a>It was mid afternoon by the time we finished lunch, and we decided to return to the city on Saturday, which left us with the rest of Friday to look around and get a feel of the city. And the harbour was an obvious choice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqwkKyB_iNjutcDbriuUEFZnEK7spvKV1P9yJVo_8y4cCGB1NxRly1-jPIAnXdmmST5TYXwC8ClRA9xa019o5dsDLDWcVkpg8iq2KJwc7sG3VwbSxX29CYT5jXPiXFKGQ5fArpf4log5W/s1600-h/23.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqwkKyB_iNjutcDbriuUEFZnEK7spvKV1P9yJVo_8y4cCGB1NxRly1-jPIAnXdmmST5TYXwC8ClRA9xa019o5dsDLDWcVkpg8iq2KJwc7sG3VwbSxX29CYT5jXPiXFKGQ5fArpf4log5W/s400/23.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402192652713843762" border="0" /></a>This is the original first <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">submarine</span> ever built. It was invented in 1884 by Isaac <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Peral</span> who was born in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Cartagena</span>, and was built in Cadiz.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7HpGcZo7zpnHTRAyKjmk8X2Up6I0FcR841vvlLuIYNwdDm79h1aXASi3GmCdk3kq-I2rL_he1aaF00xZEka7fZYlBGkgcPdn5th1RJHUUsec5sJFe0KcWFSMpiOp3373IW2sw8Kljwf6/s1600-h/25.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7HpGcZo7zpnHTRAyKjmk8X2Up6I0FcR841vvlLuIYNwdDm79h1aXASi3GmCdk3kq-I2rL_he1aaF00xZEka7fZYlBGkgcPdn5th1RJHUUsec5sJFe0KcWFSMpiOp3373IW2sw8Kljwf6/s400/25.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402192425278455074" border="0" /></a>The harbour had many interesting boats, and of particular interest to David and Rosemary who are keen sailors. Jan and I were glad of any excuse to stop walking around, even though we have little knowledge of boats.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVh3fL_SPk3boruyfPM5iA3VpaIHGO-RyVb1yT8zM3r6tmBcGQleD6r_kl-YZe3ylUAWKH5eCLUvRvC1PylMYmJ0pFe_tHE0WkDdyNhihiKOrKS1byAoa1PohmFVLwjgRl7xWDLvzrvhJ1/s1600-h/29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVh3fL_SPk3boruyfPM5iA3VpaIHGO-RyVb1yT8zM3r6tmBcGQleD6r_kl-YZe3ylUAWKH5eCLUvRvC1PylMYmJ0pFe_tHE0WkDdyNhihiKOrKS1byAoa1PohmFVLwjgRl7xWDLvzrvhJ1/s400/29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402192289351075954" border="0" /></a>Saturday found us again in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Cartagena</span>, after yet another trip on the little train. We started the day with a tour of the city on the Tourist Bus. Surprisingly cheap at less than 4 euro each, and perfectly adequate to give us a broad introduction to the city and a feel for its layout. We also spotted this large statue, indeed it would have been difficult not to spot it!<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpiGTc-c5pwRxdwfx4wPxogPsgMEDc-uTOx-O5kKTjM2YnKWfJgSevPpKb6vWuY8pp4LuRPOxQNhVRmR8UjGwgYIXr2uHWmwIjh_ibY0Vq6pB2uFmJyeU87Chm7KUK8uwP0kPRR3-DXyn/s1600-h/31.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpiGTc-c5pwRxdwfx4wPxogPsgMEDc-uTOx-O5kKTjM2YnKWfJgSevPpKb6vWuY8pp4LuRPOxQNhVRmR8UjGwgYIXr2uHWmwIjh_ibY0Vq6pB2uFmJyeU87Chm7KUK8uwP0kPRR3-DXyn/s400/31.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402191578600051266" border="0" /></a>The harbour also provided this second statue, which looked just like s whale tail.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV03Ffqk99MPw7yjZN3EpirWWOK5IyQlAPHl6rUo7Mrnm7pCt9KHddgMdskVch5DPeqdcZM2Y9i6v0_4IHt7XHkQQOf8MY1dYPx_NXOEsmJUd0Er3WWMUZ5tASgqelc59q8V1lAkHlvvdF/s1600-h/32.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV03Ffqk99MPw7yjZN3EpirWWOK5IyQlAPHl6rUo7Mrnm7pCt9KHddgMdskVch5DPeqdcZM2Y9i6v0_4IHt7XHkQQOf8MY1dYPx_NXOEsmJUd0Er3WWMUZ5tASgqelc59q8V1lAkHlvvdF/s400/32.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402191166429206242" border="0" /></a>And once again everyone was more than ready to take any opportunity to sit and watch the world go by.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-GGPdX7cAkBM3nm2jJig-f1NG0ujfAZr32XdLHkR2n1W_1Ztod98ev4yRR5EAGOwr5zMDCivU2pTQmfQAn2BpPEa_-QaoXmimYNyjoUYuXJvextw0Zl9mCWtJHxW49LegoQA_IwOLOzN/s1600-h/37.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-GGPdX7cAkBM3nm2jJig-f1NG0ujfAZr32XdLHkR2n1W_1Ztod98ev4yRR5EAGOwr5zMDCivU2pTQmfQAn2BpPEa_-QaoXmimYNyjoUYuXJvextw0Zl9mCWtJHxW49LegoQA_IwOLOzN/s400/37.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402191018961753682" border="0" /></a>Sunday morning we set out to explore the area around Mar <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Menor</span>, and we were pleased to find that there was easy access to the long empty beaches. We also found quite a few villas designed to look like castle's, and this one right on the beach was a particularly fine example.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOP5E3bYWRpcJAPmAY_oHBZuwBloj0UUinzcqW8LHCXQo0NsJ0Z4sbpfE8rqMF3txhUfOoeEWe9vlGOlYMVjI7SoRUEEwitCS9CcA7AH8JOh93tCJSLHD65aZKfIwbEII6VlEcIznnuHpp/s1600-h/39.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOP5E3bYWRpcJAPmAY_oHBZuwBloj0UUinzcqW8LHCXQo0NsJ0Z4sbpfE8rqMF3txhUfOoeEWe9vlGOlYMVjI7SoRUEEwitCS9CcA7AH8JOh93tCJSLHD65aZKfIwbEII6VlEcIznnuHpp/s400/39.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402190874124263282" border="0" /></a>As <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">well</span> as beaches, there were plenty of walk ways along the side of the sea, including this one with its collection of sail boats.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgA6S5Mq_xAK2V4ockyACcMAJoHhpQ_xGZRoiB_8AtFqKx5OnwUar8cofEc7LMlMcgCUHIQWGIFzLDllSpJ3oNXTb052kMW9pYnTT1kIupTOCH_YSaIT1mZLKiO3CgDsYtM-BuVAYJ0SSA/s1600-h/41.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgA6S5Mq_xAK2V4ockyACcMAJoHhpQ_xGZRoiB_8AtFqKx5OnwUar8cofEc7LMlMcgCUHIQWGIFzLDllSpJ3oNXTb052kMW9pYnTT1kIupTOCH_YSaIT1mZLKiO3CgDsYtM-BuVAYJ0SSA/s400/41.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402190759307162834" border="0" /></a>We explored the sea front for an hour or so, and then had a light lunch before setting off back home. It was a very pleasant break and one which convinced us that we should plan another one soon.<br /><br /></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-31069056703776563042009-11-02T13:39:00.000-08:002009-11-02T14:02:18.821-08:002 Nov 2009 - Pinos to Bernia
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41rwMS4xapKQ_hyP3G7SELnakmy4E_j05c4AGjB-rms5BUDGNV06NKxlVxTiDAkpZ8Aie3SEnP7mXxL7jEVimDhrPg1NYzzOf0NRNrs4PZDsjcbsH_v2G_9IZ9xbhMSllBGK1TPN0tSIj/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41rwMS4xapKQ_hyP3G7SELnakmy4E_j05c4AGjB-rms5BUDGNV06NKxlVxTiDAkpZ8Aie3SEnP7mXxL7jEVimDhrPg1NYzzOf0NRNrs4PZDsjcbsH_v2G_9IZ9xbhMSllBGK1TPN0tSIj/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399629899998547122" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">This Pinos village to Bernia circular walk is one of the longer ones the Monday Club do,<span style=""> </span>and it is in one of the most beautiful areas as well.<span style=""> </span>We had a good crowd of 17 for this popular walk</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57O1OIIoXalLxzsCBCerbln_2mOg6TwlEs_f1-zgkizty2PmnmnDtHuClQ-I9pudamk3LgelYkMEgz05igN4kwf79VP16L2cz6jth3B7gJv6bqOWspJi1tTUCdviDr7BfuDtiNqZxjBK-/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57O1OIIoXalLxzsCBCerbln_2mOg6TwlEs_f1-zgkizty2PmnmnDtHuClQ-I9pudamk3LgelYkMEgz05igN4kwf79VP16L2cz6jth3B7gJv6bqOWspJi1tTUCdviDr7BfuDtiNqZxjBK-/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399629662740461330" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->We park well into the mountains and walk up a steep road, but then its off road onto a track heading for the Bernia mountains
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAoNFxkSc3gfh0JqEyNL-nlfuqdYSTeF_5oPil1yD0L87k6g-dH87tNEsf9di6ZwbfimrSMe0zPRqDuVXwmgqu203WLZ_UQHPalZRsYs2fh6GqxUkP9lNgnx1fMvhKQkSUIWEg48eScv1/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAoNFxkSc3gfh0JqEyNL-nlfuqdYSTeF_5oPil1yD0L87k6g-dH87tNEsf9di6ZwbfimrSMe0zPRqDuVXwmgqu203WLZ_UQHPalZRsYs2fh6GqxUkP9lNgnx1fMvhKQkSUIWEg48eScv1/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399629436346526898" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->As always there is a lot of climbing involved
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dpQjPMsty5xm_SXi_JexVWGnWSFtl9cfpR871QZSjrb08J4WhGDVDG7PJo3ZZo8fyJcTzzu6Gc1hBDPFBETaWkeq45oYVuKPWsWba4rgjyLSZhR8w_mkFoU7ZyB6WCUbxH3wIma4VTqd/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dpQjPMsty5xm_SXi_JexVWGnWSFtl9cfpR871QZSjrb08J4WhGDVDG7PJo3ZZo8fyJcTzzu6Gc1hBDPFBETaWkeq45oYVuKPWsWba4rgjyLSZhR8w_mkFoU7ZyB6WCUbxH3wIma4VTqd/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399629240687401282" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->When you get your breath back after the climb, the views take it away again<o:p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qeJ5djrOEqM4p-xoXHXVZRvcMWq1rJdafXnDqHeUoDWrfEq1Bh9cZQyxeIczUarfcn3BJ_ZO2LV-vQ90gNyA_Idr1vholIdbGVnGD69NNNdYGNPctzUrejL9YyhKPq1-phVncDGQ4mBv/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qeJ5djrOEqM4p-xoXHXVZRvcMWq1rJdafXnDqHeUoDWrfEq1Bh9cZQyxeIczUarfcn3BJ_ZO2LV-vQ90gNyA_Idr1vholIdbGVnGD69NNNdYGNPctzUrejL9YyhKPq1-phVncDGQ4mBv/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399628909465412402" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->The climb is followed by a good level path towards the Bernia, and at last the path is good enough to be able to take your eyes off where you are putting your feet
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<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZsEh4wraHQc6dp-yibNNkW-HBGL-qFgsAopGbb_j6yaQeWjYf4u5Br19ylhBjc7swR9Kl-zKWZl4dQ_lqvgzJ11gbdCzk7y43cuOpaHEJ0D0XokkHChHU_naqdCqhB8o44TDjqe_7_GG/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZsEh4wraHQc6dp-yibNNkW-HBGL-qFgsAopGbb_j6yaQeWjYf4u5Br19ylhBjc7swR9Kl-zKWZl4dQ_lqvgzJ11gbdCzk7y43cuOpaHEJ0D0XokkHChHU_naqdCqhB8o44TDjqe_7_GG/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399628583718010594" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->With such a large group the walk quickly developed into three walks, with a fair gap between each one.<span style=""> </span>But it gave me a good opportunity to take this sort of shot with Bernia as a backdrop for the front group
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLrBP0cXZ1k4hd7TmP5g63cU3kJAA51QUpO_w3IONy74_Xa20iRWgtkUHz9ghnVpvXDkffZU-7bQxszkZmM-dhBX-A2QkwKPRkVPfnZceYOpOQ3E8sQTfpESXafNV4qbgkwdlIG_q1Kpz/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLrBP0cXZ1k4hd7TmP5g63cU3kJAA51QUpO_w3IONy74_Xa20iRWgtkUHz9ghnVpvXDkffZU-7bQxszkZmM-dhBX-A2QkwKPRkVPfnZceYOpOQ3E8sQTfpESXafNV4qbgkwdlIG_q1Kpz/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399628345129855106" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->Just before we started to climb again we had a water break at this lovely old finca</div><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxruYM1s84ODS2lhdEeXzzmuVuF5M_CRGPLkcP6-xpcxMDScDtYwYolVmXJeRkN5Qrc0DzlVO6e_45DpSUdI3tXslCnAYAYmSgfcUk2_OcBNqLVCk_-LtKeqiuZVl4_Fz_cRn7aFGOtUB-/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxruYM1s84ODS2lhdEeXzzmuVuF5M_CRGPLkcP6-xpcxMDScDtYwYolVmXJeRkN5Qrc0DzlVO6e_45DpSUdI3tXslCnAYAYmSgfcUk2_OcBNqLVCk_-LtKeqiuZVl4_Fz_cRn7aFGOtUB-/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399627471080228338" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->Or indeed a quick apple stop! <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-lQzT3cxeqoB9He9-W8X6AYkExAz4RDbaK8u0IMMVM5RVha2nrr2jDPGoDQY5cSaywo6bTmjdvopc0f57_SfmQyYQe0rY_S3WxkUlxj4eumbltt9VSPewjaZW9vKHhzm80poxKRIg4xc/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-lQzT3cxeqoB9He9-W8X6AYkExAz4RDbaK8u0IMMVM5RVha2nrr2jDPGoDQY5cSaywo6bTmjdvopc0f57_SfmQyYQe0rY_S3WxkUlxj4eumbltt9VSPewjaZW9vKHhzm80poxKRIg4xc/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399627027158844306" border="0" /></a>From here we wealked through the woods towards the car park area at the start of the Bernia walk
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<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrH-MEhczVSqlYCeb_NCScSBAVVft4731wlnZTiXZlmeBdIfD0pgrhmYludMI8EBFUq2RvhD9ofKTchLrmoEcbvFMt-WwtIGt3RO1AiMga5zdmWYfPtXMn84u1jiK8I9Swm3IjskNqjwK/s1600-h/12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrH-MEhczVSqlYCeb_NCScSBAVVft4731wlnZTiXZlmeBdIfD0pgrhmYludMI8EBFUq2RvhD9ofKTchLrmoEcbvFMt-WwtIGt3RO1AiMga5zdmWYfPtXMn84u1jiK8I9Swm3IjskNqjwK/s400/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399626745762937954" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->You can see from this shot why this is one of my favourite walks
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhoOXiW0jaFNy2wNmRQTUmIut8SYNHO6Ktzwsgvwr6LyexkCvKHGljB_S8-oPme7kXBN6A_GpT0WZZgQukdNXJX30NvsR_54qpZA-w6oLBCVrtjdegGultLxSVPaG1FnKEXG8a4lKxhJ5/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhoOXiW0jaFNy2wNmRQTUmIut8SYNHO6Ktzwsgvwr6LyexkCvKHGljB_S8-oPme7kXBN6A_GpT0WZZgQukdNXJX30NvsR_54qpZA-w6oLBCVrtjdegGultLxSVPaG1FnKEXG8a4lKxhJ5/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399626519131925538" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->This is another section where it is safe to look around at the scenery, and you are spoilt for choice.<span style=""> </span>Apart from the mountains, there are also long views right to the coast.<p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ5l-s4CBI8nvK8ViHhGKgrwbJCUf-YyokhqdmVDeD93RFo3jE77oB9eLWw3BqeTDVr0XpKDGt1DllZ7AGqQnn4khFJ7Ef8LDRUA88eoW0pJRSMjO9IDQjdBfOpk6nOtCmvpLMJkv_aMZ/s1600-h/14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ5l-s4CBI8nvK8ViHhGKgrwbJCUf-YyokhqdmVDeD93RFo3jE77oB9eLWw3BqeTDVr0XpKDGt1DllZ7AGqQnn4khFJ7Ef8LDRUA88eoW0pJRSMjO9IDQjdBfOpk6nOtCmvpLMJkv_aMZ/s400/14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399626231413780242" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->There is<span style=""> </span>now about half an hour’s easy walk to where we plan to have lunch, with excellent views of the mountains
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xoltH_NXIZy_eDG4jOD-9MlDGOed6go14_DFbL5n7s5u-88TmmnYAkD4sGcGJN3LVabi5x0NuHeYsYlQK409Q7ktvRyl37qhMpQLxSF-i_rfO26DQ0weVYnLjNQtCJks3hbVMOA8L4dP/s1600-h/17.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xoltH_NXIZy_eDG4jOD-9MlDGOed6go14_DFbL5n7s5u-88TmmnYAkD4sGcGJN3LVabi5x0NuHeYsYlQK409Q7ktvRyl37qhMpQLxSF-i_rfO26DQ0weVYnLjNQtCJks3hbVMOA8L4dP/s400/17.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399624907113693618" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->With this excellent view towards the coast<p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KVDz5aE9uuZafqV8YxOBVuoG5Nppsze3xVOCM5ADqPE373UVZq-Re8Af1yLFfclReeLFJev_h8uhmdzBL6Kcqoxw_vyGOj_q-WnZEvZr4E-5HZZe4G3V4pxOzwt07Ly0BRFnea_gj1Za/s1600-h/18.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KVDz5aE9uuZafqV8YxOBVuoG5Nppsze3xVOCM5ADqPE373UVZq-Re8Af1yLFfclReeLFJev_h8uhmdzBL6Kcqoxw_vyGOj_q-WnZEvZr4E-5HZZe4G3V4pxOzwt07Ly0BRFnea_gj1Za/s400/18.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399624641902804434" border="0" /></a>And after lunch a long walk back to the cars.</div></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-52824496550542527722009-10-26T13:48:00.000-07:002009-10-26T14:25:05.637-07:0026 Oct 2009 - Gata circular<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1q4i8tQNXeeHFRV-ubytEiquC9az_9GQzImuK547wd2SuwrmW_37NQWx_Yr5hiAYy095sr_cvL2GnXOfuqkQED2aUEBfltrS-o4H0RdAqio4RM5nNJzlY6AwzVHqWzT9Fm3jcwWQ1ojYT/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1q4i8tQNXeeHFRV-ubytEiquC9az_9GQzImuK547wd2SuwrmW_37NQWx_Yr5hiAYy095sr_cvL2GnXOfuqkQED2aUEBfltrS-o4H0RdAqio4RM5nNJzlY6AwzVHqWzT9Fm3jcwWQ1ojYT/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397022678912638338" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Today’s walk was a circular walk from Gata.<span style=""> </span>It’s a walk we have done a few times before, and is memorable for the long, long climb up to the summit of Soldates</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylpISsv8tiRgvENo59nHNKdCHrbZC1oUJNrrN0BZH2rdfR6dLy00PWuZpObcIy8vtfoitv_XPqgJVtIAufo2vuvAEWK_3QJfNr_yRt00I4u_tANiUvvuykrqcaWb4GNHdLH4I7mal1j_d/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylpISsv8tiRgvENo59nHNKdCHrbZC1oUJNrrN0BZH2rdfR6dLy00PWuZpObcIy8vtfoitv_XPqgJVtIAufo2vuvAEWK_3QJfNr_yRt00I4u_tANiUvvuykrqcaWb4GNHdLH4I7mal1j_d/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397022186856914098" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">The first section is along an easy track and down to the dry river bed</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Then a lovely section through the woods, particularly attractive on a nice sunny day like today.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Sect</style>Our first break was a short stop just before we started the climb.<span style=""> </span>Being a very warm day we were all in need of lots of water – even before we started the on Soldates.
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<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7L0NHW9wfqxjELg2yNJoclsI89PZ7c8LCpHrZkkXWSGHsBiU-kfBc5b-fwvNeXvRlJye7CkDIJaeRjTMkMUh8wUIAOzhznBgDi9hOxlkQ-Mqyrs1tsavlksAbi-i3SoBY0z3Y92OtD2Zi/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7L0NHW9wfqxjELg2yNJoclsI89PZ7c8LCpHrZkkXWSGHsBiU-kfBc5b-fwvNeXvRlJye7CkDIJaeRjTMkMUh8wUIAOzhznBgDi9hOxlkQ-Mqyrs1tsavlksAbi-i3SoBY0z3Y92OtD2Zi/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397021130409969330" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->The path just goes up...
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaUTaSsgW4fi3mkhounKl8a4WLEIr5DmI0qd1VAhUcI5rz4iwQecgPViiuKeH7YZ8r765GKbleU-am7_289h5dbvbWL8_S1UePAB2Ee93sqgdjdrG3FkunTXB2RAemyakhcHGrqvinh9s/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaUTaSsgW4fi3mkhounKl8a4WLEIr5DmI0qd1VAhUcI5rz4iwQecgPViiuKeH7YZ8r765GKbleU-am7_289h5dbvbWL8_S1UePAB2Ee93sqgdjdrG3FkunTXB2RAemyakhcHGrqvinh9s/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397020494645748594" border="0" /></a>......and up and up
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<br /></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZsVVQWHqLMCTmYGg_tgKnFq0Nfo81ZGI2DCKhApzj9kkpqpLuLBlxFAXuj9EZin8ykkdh6EVxXFPMEgWHvRP2rh4C_Zd8k26jWY1DzWa1pz69SrmLTGDVUYnX8MDPY75yfVhMxtefaIc/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZsVVQWHqLMCTmYGg_tgKnFq0Nfo81ZGI2DCKhApzj9kkpqpLuLBlxFAXuj9EZin8ykkdh6EVxXFPMEgWHvRP2rh4C_Zd8k26jWY1DzWa1pz69SrmLTGDVUYnX8MDPY75yfVhMxtefaIc/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397020249959806610" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Reaching the top is a great sense of achievement, and a very welcome rest</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">And of course there are the views</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><div style="text-align: center;"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->And still more views <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYaaqAYI1y32VyI13PCRofz_WVAEtA-Qs8YMXPX9UyAeTGa1Bt4uFKcrgKrObZlnlQV42eJZcTxFYp27RrgPiNOWa1_0dBFyIWWUlLO7CkiMAWxM1nuXKOvuhM62AZm0nIBC-cFshf8eW/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYaaqAYI1y32VyI13PCRofz_WVAEtA-Qs8YMXPX9UyAeTGa1Bt4uFKcrgKrObZlnlQV42eJZcTxFYp27RrgPiNOWa1_0dBFyIWWUlLO7CkiMAWxM1nuXKOvuhM62AZm0nIBC-cFshf8eW/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397018595883101570" border="0" /></a>
<br /></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">Having done all of that climbing, it was then downhill on a very difficult track to our lunch stop</p>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4LnIH5UDRhbaUD0xr5UbDPDYM-ZreBSqoktg7dGQKN6qbZDMtD4WdG5xR6a41ukS7gnKSsFQDi4Qv7DqpbdVs21AammpS-v8vOIxPsvVfdhxTVQrP56cyVdeqjlLmjjbjTZ7Tz7BFjHJ/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4LnIH5UDRhbaUD0xr5UbDPDYM-ZreBSqoktg7dGQKN6qbZDMtD4WdG5xR6a41ukS7gnKSsFQDi4Qv7DqpbdVs21AammpS-v8vOIxPsvVfdhxTVQrP56cyVdeqjlLmjjbjTZ7Tz7BFjHJ/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397018333086992610" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style>Beside this lovely old ruined finca
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">After lunch the walk provided excellent views of and the coast</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7w4895kcKm9uKywWxsaWrXGc1VanqBhyphenhyphennLj3kI2vhrWVh217XJ6nUndbyIoMoh4WPwyKhfjMYIrgZJi7BsHoGMdRfrRoAxm1EfJ9cbC2mxVxQEVvltm-Ehy_0_e-rKk92cN2gqOs0QN2/s1600-h/14.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7w4895kcKm9uKywWxsaWrXGc1VanqBhyphenhyphennLj3kI2vhrWVh217XJ6nUndbyIoMoh4WPwyKhfjMYIrgZJi7BsHoGMdRfrRoAxm1EfJ9cbC2mxVxQEVvltm-Ehy_0_e-rKk92cN2gqOs0QN2/s400/14.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397017241130873506" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And still more of Montgo</p>
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal">As we neared the town we passed this lovely olive tree
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLNfStQSEQrWCeOQwuxP-8DgDQ1Z52wf89EspwG3eUAo1iOedvdOyfP2Tt4QCgGSl0-F-XhrOFEXHuCf9_hT_8R3Pf5KaLHA4c9a1zHxcYO11BuS_kcRlzPhBi5NJEStLGy6BDvJ4l0s8/s1600-h/17.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLNfStQSEQrWCeOQwuxP-8DgDQ1Z52wf89EspwG3eUAo1iOedvdOyfP2Tt4QCgGSl0-F-XhrOFEXHuCf9_hT_8R3Pf5KaLHA4c9a1zHxcYO11BuS_kcRlzPhBi5NJEStLGy6BDvJ4l0s8/s400/17.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397014168037048690" border="0" /></a>And finally to a well deserved very cold drink
<br /></div></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-23134456457406908002009-10-20T00:42:00.000-07:002009-10-22T09:55:17.770-07:0019 Oct 2009 - Olta Circular<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY29CHSmKAR20V0cp7e2fD12dVvwzVo0UYvrsxI8Q9nWRZn1TgOKX0B_DicVE2FJZHw8tEgNe-DcDjmNR7mihmQlaQv4FwYSgiBcswaL3NT-XiJdM1KumGYJLXOXwRCSocWXxcuu26S_BL/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY29CHSmKAR20V0cp7e2fD12dVvwzVo0UYvrsxI8Q9nWRZn1TgOKX0B_DicVE2FJZHw8tEgNe-DcDjmNR7mihmQlaQv4FwYSgiBcswaL3NT-XiJdM1KumGYJLXOXwRCSocWXxcuu26S_BL/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394587045577303250" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Today’s walk was a circular one around Olta, the very distinctive hill overlooking <st1:place st="on">Calpe</st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>Although we have done this walk two or three times before, we still misread the road signs leading to the car park at the camping site.<span style=""> </span>But we had allowed so much time to get there we were still one of the first to arrive.
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">This walk is shorter than most we do, and drew a good crowd.<span style=""> </span>It was led by Ann, who took us on a route which was new to Jan and I.<span style=""> </span>Normally we tackle a difficult bit of scree, either going up or coming down.<span style=""> </span>It had rained quite a lot recently, and we were concerned that the ground might be difficult.<span style=""> </span>But Ann avoided this section all together and we followed a broad track all the way.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Todays weather forecast was possible light rain in the morning.<span style=""> </span>But despite some cloud it was sunny but cooler than lately for the whole walk.<span style=""> </span>The path was exceptionally muddy, and for the first time here in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region> we had to walk with a build up of mud on our boots.<span style=""> </span>I had forgotten how uncomfortable it can be, and feels like walking on stilts!</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br />The first things everyone did when we stopped for our "banana break" was to scrape the mud off their boots. But as soon as we started walking again it was as thick as ever after a few minutes. Fortunately towards the end of the walk the path was much less muddy.
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->There is a lovely lunch spot at the church, with picnic tables and toilets. But it is very close to either the start or the end of the walk, depending on which way you walk the circuit. So today we stopped for lunch at an old ruined finca.
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This walk may be a little short for some of our more energetic members, but I always enjoy it. It makes a pleasant change not to have to climb mountains, and with the ground so muddy it was a very good choice. Also there are some wonderful views over Calpe and the coast, and all for less physical effort than usual.
<br /></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-28988658753520788222009-10-18T09:21:00.000-07:002009-10-20T00:41:53.992-07:0017 Oct 2009 - Tarbena Circular<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNLMDgrDEU5Lg-6kdcNAhg0_kXZHT6cBbrAek7UVHNY2Q4prL1DMu2poXZfqhWBshgV2TXk9n2eaxVmAOZs1Wf6zyv09FG-qFYr1irRBuuqJA4G_B2d5E1R4cE4W5RDgnYoZEMeuFi09s/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNLMDgrDEU5Lg-6kdcNAhg0_kXZHT6cBbrAek7UVHNY2Q4prL1DMu2poXZfqhWBshgV2TXk9n2eaxVmAOZs1Wf6zyv09FG-qFYr1irRBuuqJA4G_B2d5E1R4cE4W5RDgnYoZEMeuFi09s/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393983819824000578" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal">Its almost two years since we last did this walk.<span style=""> </span>It starts in the mountain <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">village</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tarbena</span></st1:placename></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>David is not checking the route, he is explaining it to Jan and Rosemary.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tarbena</span> is lovely, very Spanish, mountain village about half an hours drive from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Parcent</span>.<span style=""> </span>The whole drive is through beautiful scenery but on a very narrow and winding road.<span style=""> </span>David drove today, so for a change I could sit back and enjoy the lovely scenery.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">David doing his “great explorer” pose.<span style=""> </span>We were quite surprised to find that there were other walkers, though not as many as last week on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Bernia</span>.<span style=""> </span>This was another walk with easy access, as it starts from a village. </p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You don’t have to walk very far from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Tarbena</span> to be right in the mountains.<span style=""> </span>Within half an hour we had reached a spot with spectacular views towards the distant mountain range.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Apart from leisure walkers we also saw some local hunters.<span style=""> </span>We first heard them, as their dogs had bells on.<span style=""> </span>At first we thought it must be a goat herder, but when we saw them in the distance we could see that it was dogs.<span style=""> </span>We later passed the two hunters on the way back to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tarbena</span>, but they were as gruff as ones we had met before.<span style=""> </span>I think they resent people walking in their mountains in the same way that fishermen resent walkers along river footpaths.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPujWT1eJoyfgMkDQOig8fGAL4hUK_I2NjhPCx0pGeerkpsT1GF6_WfsnXuPdYWJujdL81vAWLUmQFztq3F0e_hAuE7AUYx4Dip1u9Mtb96urKWpkfkxW730dTi_lc_qK-dAHum2t-b_pM/s1600-h/06.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPujWT1eJoyfgMkDQOig8fGAL4hUK_I2NjhPCx0pGeerkpsT1GF6_WfsnXuPdYWJujdL81vAWLUmQFztq3F0e_hAuE7AUYx4Dip1u9Mtb96urKWpkfkxW730dTi_lc_qK-dAHum2t-b_pM/s400/06.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393982521235853042" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Jan, David and Rosemary.<span style=""> </span>David has led this walk before for the Monday Club group, but it was almost two years ago.<span style=""> </span>Jan and I were so impressed with the walk that we suggested that it was about time the Monday Club did it again, but David thought it might be a little short.<span style=""> </span>The group has been tackling more difficult walks over the past year or so, and he felt this might not be challenging enough.<span style=""> </span>But its such a lovely area that it would be a shame not to put it on again for the group.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->We came across this field of flowers, and I could tell that the sun was in the wrong place.<span style=""> </span>So I was not sure how this photo would look.<span style=""> </span>But actually I quite like it.
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:</style>Our lunch stop involved another short climb.<span style=""> </span>But it was obviously a popular spot, because the track was well marked with <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">cairns</st1:place></st1:city>.
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Yet another spectacular view of the surrounding mountain range
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal">David went dangerously close to a steep fall to get a photo of us, and was told off by Rosemary.<span style=""> </span>Not that he seems particularly bothered!</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal">Almost at the end of the walk.<span style=""> </span>Jan, David and Rosemary look back over the route we had walked.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Jan and Rosemary deep in conversation walking down the path to Tarbena.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUuW3PM9K0vUA1ZWOM-qgxiz0BLe8JuLsiEAVdYSpga8INxN9fPZuyzmkI0yhJ8hd8ip83TdfZkRb2fO4rTsERKeVz8NNgqgutnKsYGA_e9R7X9kZ7_ZUsyqR0HhK0H6IrYQwVdcv2bF5/s1600-h/17.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUuW3PM9K0vUA1ZWOM-qgxiz0BLe8JuLsiEAVdYSpga8INxN9fPZuyzmkI0yhJ8hd8ip83TdfZkRb2fO4rTsERKeVz8NNgqgutnKsYGA_e9R7X9kZ7_ZUsyqR0HhK0H6IrYQwVdcv2bF5/s400/17.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393978784569606114" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">A typical narrow street in Tarbna – obviously not designed for cars. And strange how you don't notice the urgent need of a new coat of paint on some of the houses when you are walking around there.
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">The café where we had a drink commerates the Spanish Civil War.<span style=""> </span>The walls are decorated by period newspapers and posters.<span style=""> </span>We all agreed that when we return with the Monday Club we will take advantage of the menu <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">del</st1:state></st1:place> dia which is only 10 euro.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-62670845743467191682009-10-12T08:59:00.001-07:002009-10-12T09:23:49.020-07:0012 Oct 2009 - Tormos to Campell<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jFSQ_8G17xXRpr_CW4QVTUYJw4MJnVsle8HoRVkn4i6L6t7cYGLSGeKwDLtGHQlfHlf1vb_ZmNFSdYAmOYx3Fnd3HKwYtbI-lIGIrJWHccJjePLsEYBzAFZhLWWbpIHSnaAet_6cOvfT/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jFSQ_8G17xXRpr_CW4QVTUYJw4MJnVsle8HoRVkn4i6L6t7cYGLSGeKwDLtGHQlfHlf1vb_ZmNFSdYAmOYx3Fnd3HKwYtbI-lIGIrJWHccJjePLsEYBzAFZhLWWbpIHSnaAet_6cOvfT/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391746273837574290" border="0" /></a>This is a very local walk for us, as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tormos</span> is just a few miles from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Parcent</span>. Despite that we were the last to arrive at the car park, and were surprised to find so many cars. There were 19 for this popular walk, one of the largest groups I have know for the Monday Club.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVtsbr6nO98DvdvbHtTTZyMTMQO_PFptjaZ3kcO5DggMQ6ZDZ2Ep8c8K57f0_lRCcrmEJ4norfQF-mCCVkbDtpZoxJLZixBXhFsPCfuF3XMsh_yHaRfp-vsV8V8vVjvNo5VqyYR0SKBuM/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVtsbr6nO98DvdvbHtTTZyMTMQO_PFptjaZ3kcO5DggMQ6ZDZ2Ep8c8K57f0_lRCcrmEJ4norfQF-mCCVkbDtpZoxJLZixBXhFsPCfuF3XMsh_yHaRfp-vsV8V8vVjvNo5VqyYR0SKBuM/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391746179597552674" border="0" /></a>The walk starts through the village of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Tormos</span> and then out into the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">campo</span>, with lovely views of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cavell</span> Verde on the right and the walls of the leper hospital at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Fontilles</span> on the right.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nW0aZTImjnvPcNvXqqLAaY9-hCpWiuwrPwJEpm4DLFoCXEjRdAfs9B_k1GqSMzD1EUwuZljp27XGPsHag8Pc-56SItJc_rDyhGT-w8-zt82aZIYcFNyz2N04UBLQ2FjW5zrep7ak3Ph-/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nW0aZTImjnvPcNvXqqLAaY9-hCpWiuwrPwJEpm4DLFoCXEjRdAfs9B_k1GqSMzD1EUwuZljp27XGPsHag8Pc-56SItJc_rDyhGT-w8-zt82aZIYcFNyz2N04UBLQ2FjW5zrep7ak3Ph-/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391746062216506162" border="0" /></a>We did not stop at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Isbert</span> Dam, but started to climb up to the railway line which was laid to build the dam.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHhE79m2trphEFgUIu9QoNo2SG_YwWvquINNY5zfshny36eG_BDXT4ePZSYiNzM41VBkamb8-_EP097ruRrZ7-KEub-xpOe1LVU0CSFQHJnI0CbXTLS7BMJBXz-E0KwW2i6IU8VkkEcge/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHhE79m2trphEFgUIu9QoNo2SG_YwWvquINNY5zfshny36eG_BDXT4ePZSYiNzM41VBkamb8-_EP097ruRrZ7-KEub-xpOe1LVU0CSFQHJnI0CbXTLS7BMJBXz-E0KwW2i6IU8VkkEcge/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391745920378720690" border="0" /></a>Then it was through the rail tunnel, quite long but tall and wide, and you can see the exit after just a short time in total darkness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFoyg1iErqAmF9mrS2JEXLQpMCybFfV3U1RSfdDWy6ooj4TRynt3OWnHcCaz-W8RGLBhfjtRzD0L5hCKpTl7egvg9aLuuqZPvATUZfSBKqP-s0e4LF_A2X98LsCTMz1winVAkH-NaMbXO/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFoyg1iErqAmF9mrS2JEXLQpMCybFfV3U1RSfdDWy6ooj4TRynt3OWnHcCaz-W8RGLBhfjtRzD0L5hCKpTl7egvg9aLuuqZPvATUZfSBKqP-s0e4LF_A2X98LsCTMz1winVAkH-NaMbXO/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391745832419997042" border="0" /></a>The tunnel exit and a relieved Ann who does not like the tunnel, but was prepared to face it in order to enjoy the rest of the walk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dPLP9beJWu0RdOuQxfAmcX0hrAQk1syo3Q22C48C7n2T7sM59LLWlZMYT4Cb-gReHnPgLyGl81A6HjC1X-BG_QrMB94XB5D7TQQ8dhl8GII1VmnEiemzXYfyinRoeDq_J7BudmUye4Z1/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dPLP9beJWu0RdOuQxfAmcX0hrAQk1syo3Q22C48C7n2T7sM59LLWlZMYT4Cb-gReHnPgLyGl81A6HjC1X-BG_QrMB94XB5D7TQQ8dhl8GII1VmnEiemzXYfyinRoeDq_J7BudmUye4Z1/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391745741911227106" border="0" /></a>Now we have gained a little height there are lovely views <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Montgo</span> and the coast at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Denia</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGzw_g8XwT9LZq9RjMkgMI062r7O9sJQM6ittCqh2_oFJ6qj4r-lsnErEkAgE6DWG0iXF3K4k5KeP3tgUeL7k7f2mFHAdG8SORTro0i0170UAxzfxk_DIypqNBi0sqoUZJP9ROKQ4k0p8/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGzw_g8XwT9LZq9RjMkgMI062r7O9sJQM6ittCqh2_oFJ6qj4r-lsnErEkAgE6DWG0iXF3K4k5KeP3tgUeL7k7f2mFHAdG8SORTro0i0170UAxzfxk_DIypqNBi0sqoUZJP9ROKQ4k0p8/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391745641148796546" border="0" /></a>Quite a steep climb to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Fontilles</span> home of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">leper</span> hospital which is still operational and trains doctors and nurses from all over the world.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaKSia8cnHZd6OQpCRJt58BUosxzI-vCXr-2AneUve1GKH-mriL3Ud9Qgzevk1OFJS3OMLXEb3SHyCnBbOavSrvjl6uR1RPIkyh0Ghrvh2dEIsckXYkygRa5u_OLDM4OtNkDNq2SF9eer/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaKSia8cnHZd6OQpCRJt58BUosxzI-vCXr-2AneUve1GKH-mriL3Ud9Qgzevk1OFJS3OMLXEb3SHyCnBbOavSrvjl6uR1RPIkyh0Ghrvh2dEIsckXYkygRa5u_OLDM4OtNkDNq2SF9eer/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391745534171842722" border="0" /></a>Another climb through the woods to the picturesque music room and a well deserved rest<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14CKQhCerA94bDAIVhdNdiX_Nlcm8ecWpYjnzMeymavUtNnKLJ-2OKeT5SxAPWarvEi0GjM9CfahSoSwvO_-nqDWfYnjGPOSisNAdcKCTtk3rqVPwURmf5gPebL6HPMz8dFSsmnxPVaT8/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14CKQhCerA94bDAIVhdNdiX_Nlcm8ecWpYjnzMeymavUtNnKLJ-2OKeT5SxAPWarvEi0GjM9CfahSoSwvO_-nqDWfYnjGPOSisNAdcKCTtk3rqVPwURmf5gPebL6HPMz8dFSsmnxPVaT8/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391745423753727106" border="0" /></a>The walk continues through more woods, and this is one of my favourite parts of the walk<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-LrAQpjshM9N1geLgzmWQJSZz6vMHjbifen-Ou8-VVUoR9aQGemwgbhbHMcu8LV5RAaGpUE1HPE7a5rCwF3VEdT4RgllwdnnEJhubiL9H_aU-GxpYZEMJeTsqgf1xAVbxaC0gdaJOEUu/s1600-h/9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-LrAQpjshM9N1geLgzmWQJSZz6vMHjbifen-Ou8-VVUoR9aQGemwgbhbHMcu8LV5RAaGpUE1HPE7a5rCwF3VEdT4RgllwdnnEJhubiL9H_aU-GxpYZEMJeTsqgf1xAVbxaC0gdaJOEUu/s400/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391745317952748370" border="0" /></a>This is probably as near as any of our local walks get to a walk in the woods back in UK. The trees are rather different, but the impression similar. Its lovely walking through the woods on a warm sunny day along a dappled path.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza9s1iDu8WCrCu3C2l7eAdUxokYPeKxMi266tCZuVFkOoy7T8UMNXUg5FaFOCzn_mY3DElikyHKkw-LDTrfqJv-eHvroe4JNn_i58QUzQyDJgrRILrtaLmXTYKI_QqCQXmRzC5-tZy-Oh/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza9s1iDu8WCrCu3C2l7eAdUxokYPeKxMi266tCZuVFkOoy7T8UMNXUg5FaFOCzn_mY3DElikyHKkw-LDTrfqJv-eHvroe4JNn_i58QUzQyDJgrRILrtaLmXTYKI_QqCQXmRzC5-tZy-Oh/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391745204641645138" border="0" /></a>As we pass through the woods there are views of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Campell</span> on the opposite side of the valley.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78bjng5DGGZ-iteKzDUx8etTlcAj_-Qnw9PpvQkEluAFJ9kLcAKyQ_3RuVWxfbfqB64JpY7lU3FwVBZuyGLfuQIRWKha1uXB2TS2uxTZHm4r0wz9eSPr308F8hgiwdu9D46wAyr7AhM47/s1600-h/12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78bjng5DGGZ-iteKzDUx8etTlcAj_-Qnw9PpvQkEluAFJ9kLcAKyQ_3RuVWxfbfqB64JpY7lU3FwVBZuyGLfuQIRWKha1uXB2TS2uxTZHm4r0wz9eSPr308F8hgiwdu9D46wAyr7AhM47/s400/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391744981587526690" border="0" /></a>Lunch was at this lovely little church. It was quite hot, and our group scattered to find some shade. But I insisted on a group photo with the church as a background. This one is unusual as Jan took it, and there I am included in the group (front left)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmgFAryRNT273l1UL4PHrzrOufARmfwUTv8GNSmYILlWhK0YlfXBKiUfJ1aYdMoYDk8JD7RjKtWxvlSvHfZ7wZHTbonMwm_edUBY4THKe9UqUw_rR3t6dZqr-NNZ0tDQOd822J7ZRDhsa/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmgFAryRNT273l1UL4PHrzrOufARmfwUTv8GNSmYILlWhK0YlfXBKiUfJ1aYdMoYDk8JD7RjKtWxvlSvHfZ7wZHTbonMwm_edUBY4THKe9UqUw_rR3t6dZqr-NNZ0tDQOd822J7ZRDhsa/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391744882407624162" border="0" /></a>This is the view from the church - not bad for a picnic lunch stop. And just look at that blue sky. And we can expect this sort of weather most days now right through the winter and spring.jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-44239660300931771162009-10-10T13:27:00.000-07:002009-10-11T11:46:01.396-07:0010 Oct 2009 - Bernia Fort<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH81-eD-jKbfk1uU6DEO7UqlV6v4zboCvOURNL2mcc1kBcykx_Q7eCa7W8tH5IY_xxn0Xe-7kzZYKePuW4C5ouvZP-Oq73_N0YtthSBn-rdsrbvydXGzbVVTOdTFTJCgsd2s-f43iIKFiD/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH81-eD-jKbfk1uU6DEO7UqlV6v4zboCvOURNL2mcc1kBcykx_Q7eCa7W8tH5IY_xxn0Xe-7kzZYKePuW4C5ouvZP-Oq73_N0YtthSBn-rdsrbvydXGzbVVTOdTFTJCgsd2s-f43iIKFiD/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072961510444418" border="0" /></a><br />David and Rosemary invited us to a walk to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bernia</span> Fort which they had arranged for his sister Diane and two friends. The friends were not regular walkers, and this would be a shorter walk than we would normally do.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjYIG2LXEwDBzxPto3wBEd3CzwjmHY_arlrmH9CZtJLqsjdzvzHPgUQ95k9ON2Gg123eMp1N0bLFGN3rC38nRIUU741LRGC5VOnbTadxWSkB18398Rxmlf1Ugzp8gdlqdFUxWuFltUcNf/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjYIG2LXEwDBzxPto3wBEd3CzwjmHY_arlrmH9CZtJLqsjdzvzHPgUQ95k9ON2Gg123eMp1N0bLFGN3rC38nRIUU741LRGC5VOnbTadxWSkB18398Rxmlf1Ugzp8gdlqdFUxWuFltUcNf/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072871835888370" border="0" /></a>We were very lucky with the weather, which was sunny and warm - but not too too warm. This weekend is a Spanish holiday, and it was soon obvious that we were not alone in liking the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bernia</span> for walking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGLlMlptYFsIcIC9kv8o9ZcxvV4UkPnum5fwmmSaw30FWUOs1A9ZsI7XJh4D7vy6OWX4XkvB6ij3_urjRZJ1otuOgxVkJ9NJ2CYnD5YJ1TA_4yFn6uqQ5pTuR3VOFBrtOTadrp_qW1rZW/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGLlMlptYFsIcIC9kv8o9ZcxvV4UkPnum5fwmmSaw30FWUOs1A9ZsI7XJh4D7vy6OWX4XkvB6ij3_urjRZJ1otuOgxVkJ9NJ2CYnD5YJ1TA_4yFn6uqQ5pTuR3VOFBrtOTadrp_qW1rZW/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072684342179026" border="0" /></a>There is a lot of space to park around the start of this particular walk. Because of that, and because it is a relatively easy walk on a good path, it is very popular with local Spanish families as well as our walking groups. So e were not too surprised to find a lot of cars, in fact it was quite difficult to find a space near the start.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o-FniVyJU8uZmvnOpRAls3CxBNMHfs44-kS0lqcbGSB6B_lPdV3ETsslbUOrWCOFWuBEMqNeMV967BCPZTra3gWMSfMw4jlXuWTerLkIgHGtqWGV39aaQWZuOLFeAUUzGuA5-jMS2VB7/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o-FniVyJU8uZmvnOpRAls3CxBNMHfs44-kS0lqcbGSB6B_lPdV3ETsslbUOrWCOFWuBEMqNeMV967BCPZTra3gWMSfMw4jlXuWTerLkIgHGtqWGV39aaQWZuOLFeAUUzGuA5-jMS2VB7/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072595595740674" border="0" /></a>We were soon off up the winding path. At first there was not much sign of other walkers, as they were probably doing one of the many more difficult walks which also start from the car park. But it was not long before other walkers stated to catch up and overtake us.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYyhU1cZZYW1sBhpDXNrVu2wBwdXUQXUy0YWpjGYFRoXiBkNBbfTEaKmzKVQXa6i_WiFPRtubg0gBWTzLKvGVY-7Ujh1OI0PQrQu65OScyKT-QZmm2yrYoh66RFIs454QG2kWqFr-IiFX/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYyhU1cZZYW1sBhpDXNrVu2wBwdXUQXUy0YWpjGYFRoXiBkNBbfTEaKmzKVQXa6i_WiFPRtubg0gBWTzLKvGVY-7Ujh1OI0PQrQu65OScyKT-QZmm2yrYoh66RFIs454QG2kWqFr-IiFX/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072500828807874" border="0" /></a>The path soon became quite busy, and we could see other walkers both ahead and behind. For those of you who walk in such popular areas as the Lake District this will not be unusual. But around <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Bernia</span> is is almost unknown. Usually when we walk in this area it would unusual to see more than one other group. Today we found ourselves in the sort of walking chain you often find in the more popular walking areas in UK during the summer months.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJCYMd68lzmhkq1oxUNCrRTb-N7V2uyy1WhrwS03mq2N-p3_9-eQii8t_MHYSBNsr3cLfG6ngDj4XXcH17ZxVh3chnRrSjaYylvsoxJy92UQyrfrTGM8g8n0mAL2eeIUFPqM95xWWj4qz/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJCYMd68lzmhkq1oxUNCrRTb-N7V2uyy1WhrwS03mq2N-p3_9-eQii8t_MHYSBNsr3cLfG6ngDj4XXcH17ZxVh3chnRrSjaYylvsoxJy92UQyrfrTGM8g8n0mAL2eeIUFPqM95xWWj4qz/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072350597862690" border="0" /></a>We were not particularly worried about the larger number than usual walkers, and when you look at the photographs you can see why it is so popular. And the slower than normal pace gave us the opportunity to look around and enjoy the beautiful scenery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3esSUFDBMkc8Up70iLOvwtJtOVwtaSsAywyo25yM78GsvgDDSmQIylZhd_zSwQsI3EB3ik2S38DrUMMeDiRyRGn4yBGunLlrrO1NU3F0b0UNwGEgSh9M6_Dxhjyqkl0XwILZgbAjSahJ/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3esSUFDBMkc8Up70iLOvwtJtOVwtaSsAywyo25yM78GsvgDDSmQIylZhd_zSwQsI3EB3ik2S38DrUMMeDiRyRGn4yBGunLlrrO1NU3F0b0UNwGEgSh9M6_Dxhjyqkl0XwILZgbAjSahJ/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072154913111474" border="0" /></a>As we neared the Fort we found that the path was quite badly eroded. This is also very unusual on our normal walks, and highlights just how popular this walk is. It was also a first to find that parts of the path were diverted to allow for repairs. Its not unusual to walk for a whole day and never see a single sign post, so this was very unusual.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmHsEntPclLdwYwSpoo4t5n31Z6OoFFr1-6lrSNOzMcYjmCKW4mz6j4H-oNSlK3RwX_D4w1M392moggmQgsAhy08FI96SF42GyBde6HAFP8ghOB-G9zQXNCEMIuOccOYEYARV4gq027EE/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmHsEntPclLdwYwSpoo4t5n31Z6OoFFr1-6lrSNOzMcYjmCKW4mz6j4H-oNSlK3RwX_D4w1M392moggmQgsAhy08FI96SF42GyBde6HAFP8ghOB-G9zQXNCEMIuOccOYEYARV4gq027EE/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391072029020557874" border="0" /></a>As we neared the Fort we were greeted by the low cloud. Again this is not unusual. Unfortunately it spoiled the spectacular views you normally get to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Benidorm</span> and the sea. We have seen it many times, and find the clouds and mist to be quite <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">atmospheric</span>. But its a shame if this is your only visit not to be able to get full value from the views.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2Q3fEQVFayhaXoSjzM0ujpiR-we6TtbPL2nhqDQ3PN7iVmbeL1tEHhvngiy2g_4BQaY7U9GWZevfyz6gaW3bij9N4HOslB0IzPfcAohwutGRKveWC8mx0aHDcwJEGUFCqyxa2FyuZRAy/s1600-h/9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2Q3fEQVFayhaXoSjzM0ujpiR-we6TtbPL2nhqDQ3PN7iVmbeL1tEHhvngiy2g_4BQaY7U9GWZevfyz6gaW3bij9N4HOslB0IzPfcAohwutGRKveWC8mx0aHDcwJEGUFCqyxa2FyuZRAy/s400/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391071752971695634" border="0" /></a>The Fort is not at the top of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Bernia</span>, but is is high enough to give lovely views around the whole area. And as it is so easy to get to it does have a lot of visitors. We were sad to see that the plaques which explain what you are looking at had been vandalised. They were put there about two years ago, and were very useful. Instead of a collection of ruins, you had a drawing and explanation of what it looked like when it was used. Outside of some of the larger cities it is very unusual to find this type of mindless destruction, and it was very sad to find it today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNM6PfDI9cy7bXpp8rSUCI-JX79zpCZtlScOfyCPTtXfodk52uhsQsz0NmN1xSEq5qnzHkD_CPafiMgxvhyj0gj8ASrWB9YQt548Op_PKkZKoDsUnXbwwKdpCB4IdNTrnCHnrndcAJySJ/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNM6PfDI9cy7bXpp8rSUCI-JX79zpCZtlScOfyCPTtXfodk52uhsQsz0NmN1xSEq5qnzHkD_CPafiMgxvhyj0gj8ASrWB9YQt548Op_PKkZKoDsUnXbwwKdpCB4IdNTrnCHnrndcAJySJ/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391071611327362754" border="0" /></a>The Fort covers quite a large area, and there is enough of it still standing to be able to imagine what it must have looked like when in use. It is about 300 years old, and had a garrison of about 50 men plus pack animals.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZvzulJtoJwsHlPtVE7-3xWYT86okl-drtrlEVyzxO7dbp8DtaS2fMz61ydBdD_wjtWZj4sVTl2eACL5nthCLezjQ-EqHh7eEY8cqsZP0zc83YtKp3-cFJhRgJ9g5z8ctFP8CsqiYH67A/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZvzulJtoJwsHlPtVE7-3xWYT86okl-drtrlEVyzxO7dbp8DtaS2fMz61ydBdD_wjtWZj4sVTl2eACL5nthCLezjQ-EqHh7eEY8cqsZP0zc83YtKp3-cFJhRgJ9g5z8ctFP8CsqiYH67A/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391071514387050514" border="0" /></a>All of the forts in this area were built in the most inaccessible areas, and this was no exception. It certainly dominates the whole area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpaMUm8Ew5OJ7uKpBLOujZnjgtrVq-YrEeLtcgtECIzri_EDu6Qt_Ka7yex_S9LuZRmdzo4OlfDIa2psuWCqFFWLfVLF1O7wEC9V_1rgyCU-3NE3aIdmj6I-VIK0ZAqYx3Kra_0TQRVob/s1600-h/12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpaMUm8Ew5OJ7uKpBLOujZnjgtrVq-YrEeLtcgtECIzri_EDu6Qt_Ka7yex_S9LuZRmdzo4OlfDIa2psuWCqFFWLfVLF1O7wEC9V_1rgyCU-3NE3aIdmj6I-VIK0ZAqYx3Kra_0TQRVob/s400/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391071407610354818" border="0" /></a>Pretty well every blog shows a photo of the group eating, and this is no exception. It is often the only opportunity to get them all together, and not posing for the camera.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWq4Pe1gyQBWghBWiWDy1KAQzqlcIkWpY6Ze0JvEp4DfqQB0zyDgrqmBNp1iqhxBm8-QEw2oFRIGS8IDapwmQMqORer9A0uo4hOriuI_rO3nR3c1_2Kyt_7nZZRNkdDkCNSwbBmPRYAnG0/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWq4Pe1gyQBWghBWiWDy1KAQzqlcIkWpY6Ze0JvEp4DfqQB0zyDgrqmBNp1iqhxBm8-QEw2oFRIGS8IDapwmQMqORer9A0uo4hOriuI_rO3nR3c1_2Kyt_7nZZRNkdDkCNSwbBmPRYAnG0/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391071282928468370" border="0" /></a>We had quite a long lunch, and only left when a large Spanish family group arrived. Not that we minded the company, but I expect that they would like to have it to themselves for short while, until the next group arrived.<br /><br />A very enjoyable walk to an interesting spot we had only previously visited as a lunch stop during a much longer walk.jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-75197722824814829892009-10-05T11:33:00.000-07:002009-10-05T11:52:34.888-07:005 Oct 2009 - Advocat to Calpe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QZs1Mx_KS64k-lfnxt9YgeL7slYUlQ2Q_EgpXUGN5PN-jhh-NMac5fIB49FAfZMSG-IhFpVwN4PY1UZTzdn0w_CUL6Jzq6SyhRlvMxo8RGc7W-WdgbBokKI0DxqFvJik0hka-Hd0_BW5/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QZs1Mx_KS64k-lfnxt9YgeL7slYUlQ2Q_EgpXUGN5PN-jhh-NMac5fIB49FAfZMSG-IhFpVwN4PY1UZTzdn0w_CUL6Jzq6SyhRlvMxo8RGc7W-WdgbBokKI0DxqFvJik0hka-Hd0_BW5/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389190693244648962" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lovely day for our first Monday Club walk of the season.<span style=""> </span>It’s hard to believe that last week, which was meant to be the first walk, had to be cancelled because of heavy rain.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">We met at Advocat bay and walked to <st1:place st="on">Calpe</st1:place>, a walk of about 8 miles.<span style=""> </span>Shorter than our normal walks, but it was meant to be an easy walk to “break us in” after the summer break.<span style=""> </span>In fact it turned out to be quite a challenging walk due to a very warm day and a lot of “ups and downs”.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The walk was along the coast, with lovely views of Calpe Rock for most of the journey.<span style=""> </span></p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Part of the walk was along a good coastal path, but some was clambering over rocks.<span style=""> </span></p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Photo 5</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <span style=";font-family:";font-size:12pt;" >Our first short break, just long enough for a much needed “water break</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The path has been greatly improved since we last did it about two years ago.<span style=""> </span>The local council have provided nice little seating and picnic areas with attractive views.<span style=""> </span></p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><st1:place st="on">Calpe</st1:place> was the half way point, and we had a short break in the welcome shade.<span style=""> </span>It was surprisingly warm, and we were very pleased to find a nice shady wall to sit on.<span style=""> </span>However being a shorter than normal walk it was too early for lunch, so we had a “banana break”.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We don’t normally have a proper café to stop during a walk, but this one is the exception.<span style=""> </span>A short distance from Calpe there is a water sports centre with a café offering one of the nicest views of <st1:place st="on">Calpe</st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>It was too tempting for our group, who insisted on a short break to have a cold drink.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">A few miles on we came to the Tourist Information office, with its shaded picnic area.<span style=""> </span>Again we do not often have a proper shaded picnic area for lunch, and we made the best of it.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We were all very impressed by this lovely “cairn” on the beach</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s traditional for passing walkers to add a stone to any cairn they pass.<span style=""> </span>And David did so with this one – which promptly collapsed</p>
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The last stretch of the walk is a steep climb, followed by a flat walk through the woods. Lovely spot, especially with the cool wind off the sea.
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<br />Great to see everyone again, great to have such a lovely walk to get us back into our stride.
<br /></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-86028726729510925112009-10-03T10:35:00.000-07:002009-10-05T09:43:52.724-07:003 Oct 2009 - Lunch in Calpe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMor9QR-ofX2LKAheU9cp5MmB5kjB89x4ZNa1CACrA26NRsol3chxRbOjuArScOZYuwAGP8vOzgx3nEylhLRSAzQKz-H-5B8KSrX5banW_NOjK7O6Hf2U9nFLD0Y7HxzNiUNlbjZd4Oc-h/s1600-h/01.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMor9QR-ofX2LKAheU9cp5MmB5kjB89x4ZNa1CACrA26NRsol3chxRbOjuArScOZYuwAGP8vOzgx3nEylhLRSAzQKz-H-5B8KSrX5banW_NOjK7O6Hf2U9nFLD0Y7HxzNiUNlbjZd4Oc-h/s400/01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388431143532538642" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">David and Rosemary are two friends who live in <st1:country-region st="on">UK</st1:country-region>, but have a holiday home here in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region> and spend a few months here each year.<span style=""> </span>Like us they enjoy walking, and always walk with the Monday Club when there are here.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">They have just arrived for a short holiday, and we arranged to meet in <st1:place st="on">Calpe</st1:place> to have lunch together.<span style=""> </span>We met at one end of the sea front and walked to the town at the other end.<span style=""> </span>It’s a very pleasant walk and takes about 30 to 45 minutes.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">After an exceptionally hot summer, we have had a couple of weeks of torrential rain.<span style=""> </span>This is a very green part of the Costa Blanca, so you have to expect some rain.<span style=""> </span>But this was very much from one extreme to the other.<span style=""> </span>So we were delighted to find that today was warm and sunny, with a pleasant cool breeze on the sea front.<span style=""> </span>Actually David and Rosemary thought it was very hot, but they have spent all summer in the <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">We broke our walk at the yacht club.<span style=""> </span>David and Rosemary have a boat in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>, so this seemed appropriate.<span style=""> </span>We just like sitting and looking at the boats come and go.<span style=""> </span>It’s not as grand as it sounds, and is very reasonably priced.<span style=""> </span>For less than 5 euros you can have two cups of coffee and two rounds of tostada while you watch the boating world go by.<span style=""> </span>And they also supply a daily English newspaper.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">We spent a very enjoyable hour sitting in the sun and bringing each other up to date on what we had done, or in our case not done, since we had last seen each other in June.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgOXvyGxvm3MPw4OrxQb7ADswdggqq9-G2nd3etZAys6LBBkBJNdBsvmwyILxYL9JjMFBunN_6lg8TRhejujJ3947vNygL1Bkjfcb6NMWDngSFO9IjTZZCnFw7TVwvez7N1UDzpIjfGFM/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgOXvyGxvm3MPw4OrxQb7ADswdggqq9-G2nd3etZAys6LBBkBJNdBsvmwyILxYL9JjMFBunN_6lg8TRhejujJ3947vNygL1Bkjfcb6NMWDngSFO9IjTZZCnFw7TVwvez7N1UDzpIjfGFM/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388429536863654994" border="0" /></a>
<br />Calpe is also the home of a busy fishing fleet. Just opposite the port they lay their nets out to dry, and the seagulls come to feed on the scraps of fish left in the nets.
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<br />We then walked along the sea front to the town, and to our favorite Chinese restaurant. For those who worry about the exchange rate and think that eating out in Spain has become expensive let me tell you about our menu del dia. For less than 5 euro each we got a starter, a large choice of main meal, a coffee and a brandy, plus half a bottle of wine, water or a beer. A large meal for four for 20 euro, including the tip!
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<br /></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-51863135211040875142009-09-25T13:45:00.000-07:002009-09-26T10:48:29.153-07:0025 Sep 2009 - Iberian Settlements Walk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidt4i363PNiWhEa8BpApa53w2pp3JMqCsVgsOChqp7vLX07-Q6dbW95ORHjIU1iqKXJC4ZRg52U_16conEXwaJ5zhOQTNlKQpVDNXoLEZq6ZuP8wSTtpdFHAUuD5e2qsASpr6v7vzMe4iM/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidt4i363PNiWhEa8BpApa53w2pp3JMqCsVgsOChqp7vLX07-Q6dbW95ORHjIU1iqKXJC4ZRg52U_16conEXwaJ5zhOQTNlKQpVDNXoLEZq6ZuP8wSTtpdFHAUuD5e2qsASpr6v7vzMe4iM/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385513340963607266" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Its 14 weeks since our last “proper” walk, so it was lovely to get out and about again.<span style=""> </span>We have had an extremely hot summer, and walking for pleasure has been out of the question.<span style=""> </span>But 10 days ago the weather broke, we had heavy rain and storms, and the temperature just dropped.<span style=""> </span>Today it was a pleasant 28c, just right for walking</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XBzo1BrRNR9xbbO66HfbOjzYG7vjcE2v0j4Cyk1Rc91p_dvrZBmB2QZiWf9YKb-Nkqi1_pd46cBASCPsugUrBF1j-8rDVVgdBOpaKntxhwcA40ngjlBLspalF42W7qbsJaieanKycG90/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XBzo1BrRNR9xbbO66HfbOjzYG7vjcE2v0j4Cyk1Rc91p_dvrZBmB2QZiWf9YKb-Nkqi1_pd46cBASCPsugUrBF1j-8rDVVgdBOpaKntxhwcA40ngjlBLspalF42W7qbsJaieanKycG90/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385512771034025842" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Dave and Sue asked us to join them on a walk to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Montgo</span> Iberian settlements.<span style=""> </span>This is one of our old favourites, and being one of the less strenuous walks was ideal for our first walk since last June.<span style=""> </span>Also in the group was their daughter Clair, two of their guests Paul and Jean and Steve a friend from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Parcent</span>.<span style=""> </span>Plus of course their two dogs Charlie and Bailey.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">On this walk previously we had been joined by a friendly dog, whose house we pass.<span style=""> </span>And today was no exception.<span style=""> </span>He suddenly appeared, and was welcomed by both Charlie and Bailey.<span style=""> </span>During our first “water stop” he joined Jan and I.<span style=""> </span>He was very excited and each time he shook his head we got “splatted”.</p>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyF836wm_ttU_jdcK6qzWp7Ltj39cGdqY4DUHPVsr-B643D56HMhlYr7HR7GgqiEVItf5A6axhot1exAWZBw-qjunm2n3x2Pl6o2l8hs3EMFaiiX-QdqZ5wUWqs3S0Wwk2jkuio9yyQse2/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyF836wm_ttU_jdcK6qzWp7Ltj39cGdqY4DUHPVsr-B643D56HMhlYr7HR7GgqiEVItf5A6axhot1exAWZBw-qjunm2n3x2Pl6o2l8hs3EMFaiiX-QdqZ5wUWqs3S0Wwk2jkuio9yyQse2/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385512139980084994" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">At one point we walk past the rear of some lovely villas with a very Moorish look about them.<span style=""> </span>It seemed a good back drop to our happy group.<span style=""> </span>The dogs had better things to do than pose for silly photographs.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We leave the marked track and head across country towards the hill on which the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Iberian</span> settlements were built.<span style=""> </span></p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Before long we reach both the settlements, or what is left of them, and our spot for lunch.<span style=""> </span>Its so long since we were last here that I had forgotten just how beautiful it is here on the tail end of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Montgo</span>.<span style=""> </span>And its such an easy walk for such lovely views of both the mountains and the coast.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Paul and Jean enjoy the view of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Montgo</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Denia</span>.<span style=""> </span>We were lucky today in that it was neither too hot or too cold, because there is no shelter from either at this open spot, just lovely views of the surrounding area.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42CuO3rSi_iSEhfAdE11a4k4zwRFOvS2L0IQRbTi6zyN_rl_S1fjTAjhl1k4ZPaooFuQrw1gSFll0f-rQRsfJp3rZFLVgxfojH2ewlT-ffXEcprmcWUqCJzpVexubDRrS3b1OUVt1CCJi/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42CuO3rSi_iSEhfAdE11a4k4zwRFOvS2L0IQRbTi6zyN_rl_S1fjTAjhl1k4ZPaooFuQrw1gSFll0f-rQRsfJp3rZFLVgxfojH2ewlT-ffXEcprmcWUqCJzpVexubDRrS3b1OUVt1CCJi/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385511024093208002" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">On the one side the mountain ranges inland, on the other the coastal views from Denia to Ondara and on to Gandia.<span style=""> </span>What a lovely place for a picnic lunch.<span style=""> </span>And lots of space for the dogs to run around.<span style=""> </span>While we had a well deserved rest, they had a lovely time exploring the rocky outcrops.</p>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CPaul%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>While we had lunch near the settlements, Jan found an interesting rock.<span style=""> </span>We have a garden full of rocks we have picked up on various walks, but not often as big as this one.<span style=""> </span>Jan’s idea to pick it up, but of course it traveled back to the car in MY haversack.
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<br />jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-68920296147821943472009-08-22T05:37:00.000-07:002009-08-22T05:53:16.247-07:0011 to 20 August - Stuart, Michelle and Jack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25nhGcESZsbudcx7O5Omy_C4nTkJ8tTS0RSCJ5kKU1fZ1aXHoqnTNrayTXF3yI3YbF7B-mdmCFE478CJiy-tBuD9uffQeLnaooas7ISJ-bBKxOl9jKcrdcWBB6DnySjuys_09emhEGTNv/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25nhGcESZsbudcx7O5Omy_C4nTkJ8tTS0RSCJ5kKU1fZ1aXHoqnTNrayTXF3yI3YbF7B-mdmCFE478CJiy-tBuD9uffQeLnaooas7ISJ-bBKxOl9jKcrdcWBB6DnySjuys_09emhEGTNv/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372768054377853970" border="0" /></a>My son Stuart, his wife Michelle and son Jack came for their annual visit from 11 to 20 August. In the middle of a summer which the local people of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Parcent</span> swear is the hottest that they can remember, it rained on their first day!! Good thing mind, because it did lower the temperature a little.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieus1CuVe7GQUuE009P9J1nXeAtXNpinNPm2AorQUqauRG2s27AgM3-KrSXhC5R_tT0hgrfYujq6kTNtVXAaK01sgQK44VzHd624QZbsx4mYxOhD18mPiVjNaLypskedv5fckNhcqtBsRt/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieus1CuVe7GQUuE009P9J1nXeAtXNpinNPm2AorQUqauRG2s27AgM3-KrSXhC5R_tT0hgrfYujq6kTNtVXAaK01sgQK44VzHd624QZbsx4mYxOhD18mPiVjNaLypskedv5fckNhcqtBsRt/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372767973795305650" border="0" /></a>It was too hot to do much during the day, except play in the pool. Fortunately they were more than ready to do just that - especially Jack. He loves being in the water, especially when his dad throws him around - the rougher the better.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6ApWdPHZU2dy4wslWANkrQ09aUEX7IYYO8Fml3gIa3H0olDIIeEQJfiNf4zpxSbvIUZSQHLeNvjF59MA1PWj7HpglFj6KPCEB88K3mtvuY2TWi8Z9wDx2qieoGD7byRtpTx5Oql-hC6W/s1600-h/9.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6ApWdPHZU2dy4wslWANkrQ09aUEX7IYYO8Fml3gIa3H0olDIIeEQJfiNf4zpxSbvIUZSQHLeNvjF59MA1PWj7HpglFj6KPCEB88K3mtvuY2TWi8Z9wDx2qieoGD7byRtpTx5Oql-hC6W/s400/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372767762286512226" border="0" /></a>Jack's favourite water game was hitting Stuart with his "thingy". He would hit Stuart on the head, and he would then have to pretend that he was knocked out in the water. Jack could play this game until Stuart was shattered jumping about.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbg6o1aBiOTNSss4hwUoytU3jVAX_EOKhJYntsV6UmpZcE4e37LyFXRlHIHY0XlwGkfncReWjzdBlrEbobVdzXr5kZylF6ZgurLnOtEz407jTqIQe6MGfXYmAoa3z3kw5RYVK7FfkHaRw/s1600-h/33.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbg6o1aBiOTNSss4hwUoytU3jVAX_EOKhJYntsV6UmpZcE4e37LyFXRlHIHY0XlwGkfncReWjzdBlrEbobVdzXr5kZylF6ZgurLnOtEz407jTqIQe6MGfXYmAoa3z3kw5RYVK7FfkHaRw/s400/33.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372767656227710290" border="0" /></a><br />One lunchtime we did go out, to the local <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Piscina</span> (town swimming pool) where they have a lovely <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">restaurant</span>. There is a large outdoor area set amongst the trees and with a canopy. Its lovely and cool, even on the hottest day. And when Jack got bored, his Dad could take him for a walk amongst the trees.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ktwH42Rz9wtHcGA-KjtQM6ko6oVZaMlL3lgum3KpfzaBwEC1IbZWxxpxfj3ILWn0Hh1BIqKByB6ypBCmNFzNqmgd-M8A3paCICOLJBJWkDRdGG1iCQsnDNdGJ3MbcIGvGKUikrwX9FKh/s1600-h/36.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ktwH42Rz9wtHcGA-KjtQM6ko6oVZaMlL3lgum3KpfzaBwEC1IbZWxxpxfj3ILWn0Hh1BIqKByB6ypBCmNFzNqmgd-M8A3paCICOLJBJWkDRdGG1iCQsnDNdGJ3MbcIGvGKUikrwX9FKh/s400/36.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372767563149350994" border="0" /></a>At the side of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">restaurant</span> there is a large fish lake, which Jack loved. He had been to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mundomar</span> the previous day, a water amusement park where Jack was much taken watching the fish swim in the large tanks. The ones here were pretty small by comparison, but he still loved watching them. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0w4XCvqpTTV7uY6d0md5F3QqZHT_vIl_1PvwJXds0oI8v0Le0pzN8pWHvDf4k0zoBdN3djuDGSiRVPuMNMcVYCHvqI6776v6MqHESKPXTOONbKt5SO734vdrA4ZdDv4bA7-yU2Dp9AR2T/s1600-h/40.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0w4XCvqpTTV7uY6d0md5F3QqZHT_vIl_1PvwJXds0oI8v0Le0pzN8pWHvDf4k0zoBdN3djuDGSiRVPuMNMcVYCHvqI6776v6MqHESKPXTOONbKt5SO734vdrA4ZdDv4bA7-yU2Dp9AR2T/s400/40.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372767198397269634" border="0" /></a>Stuart usually likes driving around to relax, but it was too hot this holiday, especially as our car does not have air conditioning! But they all seemed to enjoy their enforced relaxing holiday. To stop being bored Stuart would swim up to 200 lengths in our pool.jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-37167793206789770082009-08-06T11:39:00.000-07:002009-08-06T11:50:42.947-07:006 Aug 2009 - Paul and Jean at El Portet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfW-MX8HrwrPqjNnYR1dgaYeStdqr25m8Wed7KcC-8O1WgCoOZSeV5wWzSedJbjelBgvISlIdKWTUgW8O1632x_Jax1WHvFNvx1lmJ58Agy0Z6MN92_GtuniVkz62tySTz_KOX1rPr6As/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfW-MX8HrwrPqjNnYR1dgaYeStdqr25m8Wed7KcC-8O1WgCoOZSeV5wWzSedJbjelBgvISlIdKWTUgW8O1632x_Jax1WHvFNvx1lmJ58Agy0Z6MN92_GtuniVkz62tySTz_KOX1rPr6As/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366923615044045954" border="0" /></a><br />Paul and Jean came to visit for a couple of days. They are staying at their own house at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Calasparra</span>, but came to us for a short break, and to bring us up to date with the latest news from UK.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArrDOICEoRxc0RVfGzj3pnRdedulalyF9-BkaibqdmM4z7j29fsR653xP6E8HHsQS8-UzTe4qkRw8_ISIKPTGy1rEyh6ruAMC5o-KCTota0gE96-abzoY2cc31EEubRXv_WWqLTK8BjvK/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArrDOICEoRxc0RVfGzj3pnRdedulalyF9-BkaibqdmM4z7j29fsR653xP6E8HHsQS8-UzTe4qkRw8_ISIKPTGy1rEyh6ruAMC5o-KCTota0gE96-abzoY2cc31EEubRXv_WWqLTK8BjvK/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366923304384141602" border="0" /></a>It was much too hot to go for a walk, like we usually do. The most we would manage was to walk into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Parcent</span> to collect our post and have a drink at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">cooperativea</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVTS7BMpYusDkmJDh-AUWDtJsRQJfLmoipHb7cYUrzKso1bWWXSX8jQmnuhm574uykO0r1TINHBAyQldbocPoZ-jUVXcurYWu7Fp3XtCfOhHWbOXSQtOroqicVwLzJm4yxZ4-I6S6KFw9/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVTS7BMpYusDkmJDh-AUWDtJsRQJfLmoipHb7cYUrzKso1bWWXSX8jQmnuhm574uykO0r1TINHBAyQldbocPoZ-jUVXcurYWu7Fp3XtCfOhHWbOXSQtOroqicVwLzJm4yxZ4-I6S6KFw9/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366923054420241602" border="0" /></a>The rest of the time was spent between eating, drinking, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">wargaming</span> and swimming. Paul is an old <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wargamer</span> friend, and likes to play a game when he visits.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBJuJKYw3WNFsyiMEM8tZqrLEW1c2CXk0Eg9RKz5L-65U8m-thYmB0lpocV5J88dnaSwXrwKIEnImBFkzy_QgK0Hrez1lsS0JzsGUm3Iu-P9ew-354uRTiat6GtAgQd8DlRHZmjjya84D/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBJuJKYw3WNFsyiMEM8tZqrLEW1c2CXk0Eg9RKz5L-65U8m-thYmB0lpocV5J88dnaSwXrwKIEnImBFkzy_QgK0Hrez1lsS0JzsGUm3Iu-P9ew-354uRTiat6GtAgQd8DlRHZmjjya84D/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366922758095558802" border="0" /></a>On their last night we went to El <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Portet</span>, a lovely <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">restaurant</span> a few miles from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Parcent</span> on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Orba</span> road. It was the first time we visited in the summer, and it was lovely to sit outside on a warm evening with a cooling breeze. Just as well, because the service was extremely slow. Most unusual, and perhaps due to staff problems. But the food was well up to its usual excellent standards. Best of all was a new sweet on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">menu</span>, a sort of cold bread cake with ice cream.jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-13500930119877349802009-07-06T11:51:00.000-07:002009-08-06T11:51:45.132-07:001 Jul 2009 - Dave and Sue BBQ<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxsYn3JlrB08eKsi7FXTm9nGuJ0pJpXB0q10sNdF8kb33mqAEQUDsvGNIsiT5Fp-OxWnutA_mj9Csq0tm8H8kuSRUz_ejD4yoJA8WVf0-3km62XoBrxuI_mGVmdaPyso1slqhsiUInE6C/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxsYn3JlrB08eKsi7FXTm9nGuJ0pJpXB0q10sNdF8kb33mqAEQUDsvGNIsiT5Fp-OxWnutA_mj9Csq0tm8H8kuSRUz_ejD4yoJA8WVf0-3km62XoBrxuI_mGVmdaPyso1slqhsiUInE6C/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355422910754491138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8g8NEU7xqwasXgrv0IADuESgzA34lCdfMwzqJNkTPL5hA-5OUaRMYn0vRCrt-vZafK87VLztNJev7fU5UBB5dvXX4XZhOSlsrncTpEewYkwD5SDbeTllDYBNaetjlYafIPGcR_e0V3aE_/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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So we gave them an annual ticket as a Christmas present. And of course they were anxious to show us what it is like.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Morpeth</span> is back in the north of course. Stuart always insists that the weather is just as good there as it is in the soft south. And you will notice that he is not wearing a coat. However you will also notice that the rest of us are!<br /><br />It was also raining. Now rain means nothing to a three year old, and it certainly did not cramp Jack's style at all. Indeed it added a new attraction - jumping in water puddles. But a mum has to be more aware, and Michelle brought a complete change of clothes for Jack. We brought a picnic lunch, but of course it was too wet to eat at the picnic site. 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This was the first opportunity we had to return to Salisbury since we left, and she naturally wanted to meet up with old friends.<br /><br />Three of her old colleagues, Lesley, Helen and Dene, arranged a picnic in on the lawn in front of the cathedral. It was very English, and very enjoyable. They talked cathedral business and what had changed since she left, and I enjoyed the picnic.<br /><br />Lovely day - thanks to Lesley, Helen and Dene.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEise9M0NWMXy8GDzzmxe5YWy2XhPw5kEFNN97WcbTW9RCOuxecKeyufe7dK2siF1NuvvqzvBhlPbu-psJzxsWaIUacTF2R2YfGh0VG8dtD3LRDJHLlUejvzVOrZGyygApcZC19QIUmNisX9/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEise9M0NWMXy8GDzzmxe5YWy2XhPw5kEFNN97WcbTW9RCOuxecKeyufe7dK2siF1NuvvqzvBhlPbu-psJzxsWaIUacTF2R2YfGh0VG8dtD3LRDJHLlUejvzVOrZGyygApcZC19QIUmNisX9/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355402096557392802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGABAcxU0ZFuyLmBXU62JmrAMyFi1APZKJYqvaznlNin1ygAqSW5duTveZxAEt5g2qHmN2zCHsXkLmJ8kZIz_TSCcw9HfwkZC0x3F7NyZbC51kGgcPq87h_vpQkZYwgQQ6te6j5bfJZQY0/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGABAcxU0ZFuyLmBXU62JmrAMyFi1APZKJYqvaznlNin1ygAqSW5duTveZxAEt5g2qHmN2zCHsXkLmJ8kZIz_TSCcw9HfwkZC0x3F7NyZbC51kGgcPq87h_vpQkZYwgQQ6te6j5bfJZQY0/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355401980378767730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxa-hZYv62323Jp45fNMEVa8_pcTZdvDeOQNXFehKOGAkzQ-EitGwY180EseSTNaAjX9w3CYzAagf5ANnN468KJx7GEQxzZqYgaM4tZYQkRz46lQsYnsuFXPqvMAXLiBkz3Zemgc69SPVV/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxa-hZYv62323Jp45fNMEVa8_pcTZdvDeOQNXFehKOGAkzQ-EitGwY180EseSTNaAjX9w3CYzAagf5ANnN468KJx7GEQxzZqYgaM4tZYQkRz46lQsYnsuFXPqvMAXLiBkz3Zemgc69SPVV/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355401901254811554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdeWEQJcyhZlhyG69ari5ZduU8JHXxhksR1k11-vA-sfgvXQ2bkMyNTjYjwFAVZpZVFvSxRYS3bfW0dBk0MpZ3EoFLJq2wQY9qa_pJp3GKXhQropA9Tv9UzrpEpm0xZiwy1b7jkAswsKg/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdeWEQJcyhZlhyG69ari5ZduU8JHXxhksR1k11-vA-sfgvXQ2bkMyNTjYjwFAVZpZVFvSxRYS3bfW0dBk0MpZ3EoFLJq2wQY9qa_pJp3GKXhQropA9Tv9UzrpEpm0xZiwy1b7jkAswsKg/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355401812312930530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eREWS6dOBaKd3VHm0l24f8folxmITybbaO35OO7tU5RwNpQC8dvYO9Gmps-gM-velBEKdkJN0u4UhCH_ZHYtyEOSzBLTBRJPmw4hyphenhyphenGxjohOwe8jLm0n7XVvX_rhVHG5tqbSxIZURCtiN/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eREWS6dOBaKd3VHm0l24f8folxmITybbaO35OO7tU5RwNpQC8dvYO9Gmps-gM-velBEKdkJN0u4UhCH_ZHYtyEOSzBLTBRJPmw4hyphenhyphenGxjohOwe8jLm0n7XVvX_rhVHG5tqbSxIZURCtiN/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355401690234175826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrWxtJUMhMdo-yLpW8drqVPVPvelbE19jGS7qLoE9EfeicSOsQLYhAA0MX4mStgLPQ6Ps9BKxO427hRRFGd0cY1CDidHqiHwHItwMEbvP0R9vLGTNsDU9RDJhQLJGZ95uq-fVQR8TuNkE/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrWxtJUMhMdo-yLpW8drqVPVPvelbE19jGS7qLoE9EfeicSOsQLYhAA0MX4mStgLPQ6Ps9BKxO427hRRFGd0cY1CDidHqiHwHItwMEbvP0R9vLGTNsDU9RDJhQLJGZ95uq-fVQR8TuNkE/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355401574062652738" border="0" /></a>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370485661659794211.post-81049382489361605062009-06-21T12:18:00.000-07:002009-07-05T02:32:54.362-07:0020 Jun 2007 - South Shields Beach<div align="justify">After our morning at the fun fair we had an extended lunch waiting for the rain to stop. After half an hour or so the rain stopped and the skies cleared. We took Jack down on the beach, which he enjoyed just as much as the fun fair. He especially enjoyed the waves, which fascinated him.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DCg3st4Iln3_u-l0MPOH6MXQ9gPoGNZMjQ2a2JVYpJ90bW-JMiDPKHEdUnoMEwETTsuWvKQphEcSbOG_HBW1ARc-VaNfJyr2TTlJMghz0Xc3yJ7oPzh1M7cxYM9oNjlzZa_DCjMsszIM/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349863545610269074" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DCg3st4Iln3_u-l0MPOH6MXQ9gPoGNZMjQ2a2JVYpJ90bW-JMiDPKHEdUnoMEwETTsuWvKQphEcSbOG_HBW1ARc-VaNfJyr2TTlJMghz0Xc3yJ7oPzh1M7cxYM9oNjlzZa_DCjMsszIM/s400/2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEcUBmAj77_1geYA47w-33TcS1oasodBdh94ryl883khJmLrMMTY4IW31ByZtdzeKGpWgmCDrCfp7bEEH5R6yv2MZfbQZpl3HO1ltb0rgBznKq-J2GUteuK4d1NyH_Llgwf-NlU97EAPJ/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349863454614510946" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEcUBmAj77_1geYA47w-33TcS1oasodBdh94ryl883khJmLrMMTY4IW31ByZtdzeKGpWgmCDrCfp7bEEH5R6yv2MZfbQZpl3HO1ltb0rgBznKq-J2GUteuK4d1NyH_Llgwf-NlU97EAPJ/s400/5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUS_1956bXheD1RauMFO5V0hiyuIofPhyphenhyphengyg_Za4Shd_bh0G05e6A0hiNR7dVXPMTQB1umwFonWPbRYGxjkOgLRbpBsrS3cutp7sRwOMmVWIWOQdiD8nAZEjbtUf_o-pLUUcGavzEIhDj/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349863376182601202" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUS_1956bXheD1RauMFO5V0hiyuIofPhyphenhyphengyg_Za4Shd_bh0G05e6A0hiNR7dVXPMTQB1umwFonWPbRYGxjkOgLRbpBsrS3cutp7sRwOMmVWIWOQdiD8nAZEjbtUf_o-pLUUcGavzEIhDj/s400/7.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjy0B3-T2mkRaHpIhYkl6nuZ0PbiJIrK2MIB389D2VtzNFPnR2N7wT3-IzKPhDWe7BZiYyqqxUnlUF7mlQ5_JJN2gCBVPeQtX0u7ayhcCh63btjltKlYCNAEcbT9nekOa7-_JNLSwszZh/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349863281273819890" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjy0B3-T2mkRaHpIhYkl6nuZ0PbiJIrK2MIB389D2VtzNFPnR2N7wT3-IzKPhDWe7BZiYyqqxUnlUF7mlQ5_JJN2gCBVPeQtX0u7ayhcCh63btjltKlYCNAEcbT9nekOa7-_JNLSwszZh/s400/13.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuQsp_5CQXbSXZbMMtuctk6fISQuttJ-m6da2dDuvieXATES6u2UYC-T9BRjN8HgwhUvXHDxOAYg5DAL9hSrl6LCi7Ec0xxoT6luCGhBIc1b66mjwFuALK2FA6HcGX7Qta2jRjocuWvOr/s1600-h/15.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349863181120724626" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuQsp_5CQXbSXZbMMtuctk6fISQuttJ-m6da2dDuvieXATES6u2UYC-T9BRjN8HgwhUvXHDxOAYg5DAL9hSrl6LCi7Ec0xxoT6luCGhBIc1b66mjwFuALK2FA6HcGX7Qta2jRjocuWvOr/s400/15.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIWpapO7XLPwy_7TUK9LJ6uhYvyfGKVqi6BYExCe5iz0WQRObd6tWWZthGHaAoLcoUzF0ofx_LZGu_a14eGEz_weKHdF_umw47R7pcZonzMUd1boRYDfAW5BwbJLA3PVlD1_-1c8xXNSe/s1600-h/17.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349863093053543346" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIWpapO7XLPwy_7TUK9LJ6uhYvyfGKVqi6BYExCe5iz0WQRObd6tWWZthGHaAoLcoUzF0ofx_LZGu_a14eGEz_weKHdF_umw47R7pcZonzMUd1boRYDfAW5BwbJLA3PVlD1_-1c8xXNSe/s400/17.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI_0AIwCMUZDHDxUB9_0ylei8XwPKFsEdY6_vNt1W1Gl-Q7PVsHDLg11TJqijAZpIC333aebqAIjAPz0787sL0VNf4T5_PyHzl_MyXEfpAlZXWcnxg6ovsh0x2T5-VOXbps_-11TCEGoY/s1600-h/21.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349862989466002370" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI_0AIwCMUZDHDxUB9_0ylei8XwPKFsEdY6_vNt1W1Gl-Q7PVsHDLg11TJqijAZpIC333aebqAIjAPz0787sL0VNf4T5_PyHzl_MyXEfpAlZXWcnxg6ovsh0x2T5-VOXbps_-11TCEGoY/s400/21.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jan lenistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05496572740817632485noreply@blogger.com0