Today’s walk started in the town
of Gata de Gorgos, which must be famous for basket-ware judging by the number of shops
selling rattan products. We seem to have
adjusted to Spanish time so we didn’t start the walk until 1.30pm, which
allowed us no spare time if we went wrong! It was a 12km walk with a long haul up to just
over 400 metres and then down again. The
walk took us over a dry riverbed and then through terraces of ancient olive
groves. The sound of barking dogs
followed us, but it wasn’t long before we left it behind. At one point the path bore no resemblance to
the descriptions in the book and, as I said, we had no spare time for mistakes. After much pondering and retracing of
footsteps we decided to follow the main drag only realising at the end we had
missed out one of the minor peaks, which was just as well as we didn’t get back
until it was almost dark!
Today’s walk started in the town
of Gata de Gorgos, which must be famous for basket-ware judging by the number of shops
selling rattan products. We seem to have
adjusted to Spanish time so we didn’t start the walk until 1.30pm, which
allowed us no spare time if we went wrong! It was a 12km walk with a long haul up to just
over 400 metres and then down again. The
walk took us over a dry riverbed and then through terraces of ancient olive
groves. The sound of barking dogs
followed us, but it wasn’t long before we left it behind. At one point the path bore no resemblance to
the descriptions in the book and, as I said, we had no spare time for mistakes. After much pondering and retracing of
footsteps we decided to follow the main drag only realising at the end we had
missed out one of the minor peaks, which was just as well as we didn’t get back
until it was almost dark! 
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