6 Apr 2009 - Gerald Pinos Walk

This is the second walk from Pinos in the same month. Despite starting from the same place, it is in fact a different walk. This area is a particular favourite of Gerald, who had been walking with both CBMW and Monday Club for some time. He lives in UK, but has a holday home here. He was asked to lead a walk of his choice, and he offered this one. Despite being in the same area, it is a walk we all greatly enjoyed.

At this time of year there are large numbers of wild flowers, and our group has taken to frequent stops to admire and photograph them. So much so that we now have three types of stops. First lunch stop, second water stop, thirdly flower/photo stop!

23 Mar 2009 - Monday Club Pinos walk

March is one of the best months for walking in this part of Spain, warm sunny days but not too hot. And Pinos is a lovely spot to walk from. This walk took us around the lower slopes of Bernia and takes about 5 hours - including a considerable stop for a picnic lunch!

As always we stopped for a drink after the walk, but this time we were in for a treat. At a nearby table a group suddenly started to sing, or rather to yodel. They turned out to be a group of Austrians, and they had an even greater treat for us. As we were about to leave, one of them asked us to wait a few minutes. Four of them went to the car park, and returned with these huge alpine horns. They played a couple of tunes, to the great entertainment of all the customers in the restraurant.

A lovely end to a lovely walk.