This was another route that had not yet been tried and
tested and it was somewhat worrying for me when the email replies kept coming
in and we ended up with a group equalling the highest attendance to date, 36.
Just as well that I had checked the first part of the route the day before
because it was a dry river bed, but fortunately it was still dry.
We met and
started from the edge of Cartama Estacion and straight away walked into the
river bed which was in fact very dry, and continued to head for our exit point
which was a concrete crossing. However this crossing showed considerable
destruction indicating that the river had been flowing quite strongly during
the recent deluges.
We walked along a track on the edge of the urbanization
until we came to a fence blocking the planned route, but likely there was an
alternative and this was through the village. The route took us back out into
the campo with splendid views al around. As we turned off the main road we
passed with view of the ‘Schloss’ which I am told was built some years ago by a
German Lottery winner.
The route now headed down into the valley of the Arroyo
del Torres, which is again a dry river. Here we took a break for the obligatory
group photo which in fact was taken by a friendly passing local, so for one the
whole group is in shot.
This dry Arroyo was then followed back to the outskirts of
the town and back to the starting point after a surprisingly pleasant route and
a good attendance.
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