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A Hard Walk – But What Rewards!

Taj Boag Home Design Online 2011-11-09

Having finally reached the part of the year when the Summer tourists and the annoying flies have gone – it’s time to start our walks and climbs again. We got ‘soft’ over the Summer – a combination of lazing around on the balcony with vino and just enjoying the garden without too much work to do, so we decided a ‘gentle’ walk was the right way to go as a starter. Why, then, did we decide to take the route out of the village we drove to which pointed to ‘Picu Jano?’ Surely even our sketchy knowledge of Spanish should have alerted us that ‘picu’ means ‘peak’ – therefore an upward slog! So, undaunted, off we set looking back at the village on the way.
The track was a constant uphill slog, not made any easier by the fact that we were not on top form, therefore walking upwards made our legs feel like lead and as though we were struggling through a tide of treacle! Then there was a gap in the track-edging trees:
This began to look interesting and spurred us on to greater heights. We even began to stop moaning about our legs acheing and noticed a few interesting things along the way, like this fungi on a tree:
and the amazing knobbly bole of this oak tree:
I wonder what the story is there? We carried on upwards, groaning all the way, until we finally reached the peak and had the most amazing 360 degree views:
Lunch at that point was a lovely tortilla made by Partner, the remains of a Victoria Sponge and a flask of coffee. Then we thought cheesy ‘proof’ photos were in order before the descent:
We nearly didn’t make it down as we were challenged by this huge dog – one of the Mastins indiginous to this region and used to guard livestock. He actually came over all soft and silly after scaring us with his deep loud bark, but we made a hasty retreat all the same!
What a fantastic day that was! It’s a walk we’ll definitely do again in the future – if my senior legs can cope with it!