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25th February 2018 Hiking - Walking: Playa Cobaticas to Bolnueve Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Max Speed: Distance Covered: 8.46 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Sunday 25th February – walk ***** Playa Cobaticas to Bolnueve – mainly sunny – 8.46 miles, 4 hrs 25 mins out. Good night right on the beach at Playa Cobaticas near Canada de Gallego and woke to another top sunrise before it clouded over for a while. Relaxing start finishing my 4th book of the holiday Mag has read 7! then after a late breakfast with the sun returning we packed a picnic and set off at 11.24. Our plan was to walk back to Bolnueve where we saw the amazing sandstone rocks yesterday along the coast track. Leaving the plastic greenhouses behind we came to another camper encampment. It was a mix of campervans, some towing 4x4’s and even a caravan - goodness knows how they got that down to the beach. There was also a group of dreadlocked, Germans with big dogs – disgusting, even spitting (and that was just the girl!). We thanked our lucky stars that we had parked where we had and hadn’t risked the steep section of road just past us as it would have led us straight to them! The track really does go up and down and winds its way inland. It is not supposed to be used by vehicles, only walkers and bikes but as usual that is ignored by the locals! We followed the track for the first part, having a word with a couple of Brits struggling on the bumpy hilly track on their bikes, before walking to a once beautiful but now derelict villa/farm surrounded by a circle of walls - we couldn’t work out what they were for? but we spotted a Hoopoe and some Black Wheatears :) We were then overtaken by a young lady on a mountain bike who turned off the main track and headed towards the rocky cliff, we followed her and then walked most of the way by the edge on a well walked path with crystal clear blue water, small sandy beaches for Naturists and all with a stunning mountain backdrop! There was some serious up and down as several small gorges/coves had to be tackled but it was great fun in the warm sunshine. As we neared our destination we passed multi coloured rocks as the track passed through narrow rock gorges only just wide enough to get a car through. We then walked down a new wooden walkway to a beach for our lunch, I checked my GPS and discovered we had walked very hard 4 miles already! All we had to do now was walk back! We continued round a rocky headland with some caves, got a glimpse of the rocky formations we visited yesterday and then set off back to the van. We walked back on the rough track which was still hard going and we were pleased we didn’t try to do it in the van! Back at the derelict house a goatherder was out with his flock and then we saw the noisy baby goats in a small enclosure! We were very glad to get back to the van after our second 8 mile+ walk in a row, both glad we wore our walking boots/shoes as sandals are making our feet sore:( We both had a paddle to sooth our aching feet and boy is the water cold. Never was a cuppa and cake so welcome as we soon dozed off. Then a delicious Lidl rice meal, early night and move off in the morning for yet more adventures but perhaps a day off from walking! Photo Gallery Here Monday 26th February – Relax then short drive – sunny and warm. Woke to another lovely sunrise with light airs and the sea like a mill pool :) It seemed too nice a day to drive off or to walk after a hectic few days so decided to just relax here. Had breakfast on the beach. I did my exercises for the first time in over a month then just chilled on the beach. Mag knitted while I read, then lunch followed by more of the same. At about 2.30 the sun was shrouded in light cloud so chilled. We were getting bored with laying about so decided to move just down the coast to Cope where we saw a wild tortoise last year. We were packed and off in 15 minutes, got a little lost in the maze of orchards and greenhouses but found the right road in the end. The oil light came on as we are losing a little oil each day so as we had a big climb up a mountain I stopped to top it up. At the top of the climb we stopped quickly where we stayed a night last year with stunning views down to the Parque Reginal Cabo Cope – Puntas to take a pic. Then it was down to the flatlands again where busloads of workers were picking in the fields. Through the pretty little seaside resort of Calabardina. We had passed some large encampments of campers on the way and there were a few on the outskirts of the town but very few near the beach? We stopped at the little fort famous for its fossilised beach but carried on to Playa de Rambia Elena accessed along a bumpy track, it was further than we remember and no vans about which made us a bit nervous. We parked at our spot from last year and there was one van down on the next small beach so felt better about staying. Cuppa and cake time followed by a doze and read then M & S corned beef and mash with a nice sunset. Tomorrow if we are feeling fit we might go tortoise hunting up the mountain or just move on to Mojacar the world is our oyster, anything is better than being in Felixstowe at the moment as it snowed and the fountain at the bottom of our road froze!!! |
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