La Carreta Ramble

Firstly I would like to welcome the clutch of new members who joined us on todays walk, which was a fairly easy affair along the tracks and Caminos of the La Carreta area of Coin.

The start was from the La Trocha Commercial Centre Car Park and took us down to ridge of the Rio Perailas valley with the splendid views across the valley to the Sierra de las Nieves beyond. Our route

was through the many Olive plantations in this area. We then crossed the final extension of the A355 via the bridge and onto the track that runs alongside the road which now splits the area and all the fincas. Alora and Pizzarra and the attendant hills are the view ahead of us until we drop down onto the drovers track and take a welcome break, from the building heat, in the tunnel below the main road.

From here we follow the ancient Drovers track as it meanders around the side of the valley and almost back to the bridge that we crossed earlier, but then take the Acequia track the follows the irrigation ditch that gives life to all the Olive and Orange plantations around.

Unfortunately the heat was building unexpectedly and becoming uncomfortable so I made the decision to slightly shorten the route and took the track back to the valley ridge and headed for the car park, where we were able to quench our thirst in the local bar.