Winter Walk

🚶🏿‍♀️🚶🏼🚶‍♂️🚶🏿‍🚶Walkabout with 5 participants2 - 6 Jan 2022

In the "Next events" I announced this walkabout as follows: "Jean Claude, Aim'jie and I are thinking to walk around Motril, as there are beautiful rock formations, a big warm cave (Cueva del Capitán), fruits like chirimoyas on the road, and we never walked there along the coast, form beach to beach. We're not sure if we really will do it and want to decide spontaneously, so we don't announce it via newsletter. But if you want to join, we're open for it."

Andreas then visited us, he came from Germany to southern Spain with his van, and then Thomas from Belgium.  Both took part in the walkabout, so there were 5 people in total ... The winter in south Spain is like the spring in middle Europe: no frost, but the nights can be cold for sleeping outdoor, warm sleeping bags are required. But we slept two nights in a huge warm cave and two nights in houses of our friends.

Sunday, 2 Jan 2022:

We started in Salobreña at the Mediterranean coast. At the Río Guadalfeo we find tasty chirimoyas and make a break.

We sleep in the Cueva del Capitán ("cave of the captain"). It's a large room. But there's even a second room. I sleep in the tunnel in between.

Monday:

We left the sleeping stuff in the cave and go on a day hike. We find much food on the way, like almonds.

A beautiful hut in a fig tree

We split up: Jean Claude, Thomas and Andreas go back the same way, Aim'jie and I choose a path through the wilderness.

We went down that hill, near the power poles.

The entrance of the cave cannot be seen from the hiking trail and is not easy to find, it's about 100 m away. But from the east side, we discover it.

We sleep again in the cave. Here you can see my sleeping place in the tunnel. It's more than 10 degree warmer than outside!

Tuesday:

Andreas and the morning sun

Because of the inversion weather, there is more fog on the coast than in the mountains. That's why we decide to continue hiking in the mountains...

We call Pascale. She comes and we walk together to her finca.

We collect more than 10 kg of this small but very tasty avacados. According to Plácido, it's the variety "Topa Topa".

We arrive at Pascale's finca and sleep in her hut and house.

Wednesday:

It's not on La Palma... a special photo from Andreas in the morning.

We enjoy the abundance of avocados in Pascale's house.

We leave together with Pascale, to visit another friend...

I love such trails!

We find many various fruits, here the cactus figs.

Molvizar, in the background the Mediterranean sea

We arrive at Plácido's finca, sing and sleep in his house.

Thursday:

On the way down to Jete and Río Verde

Trails around Jete

In the dry river bed of the Río Verde, we find many chirimoyas and walk to Almuñécar, there we finish our Walkabout.

We found sooo much and sooo good food...
Almonds
Olives
Guavas
Cactus figs
Avocados
Chirimoyas
Oranges
Tangerines
Grapes
Tomatoes
Wild herbs👌