The Guard Tower and German Valley

Today was the first walk of the New Year, and normally the Thursday walks are to discover and test new routes, which in fact this was, but the walk was attended by 22 people. It really was a good job that the route planned out OK otherwise it could have been very embarrassing.

We parked on the side of the main track that leads to Barranco Blanco or White Revine and headed off through the Pine woods and onto the now derelict infrastructure of yet another failed urbanisation project. We the left this and took to the original way into the valley and past the Bavarian style building that was the Guard Tower for the valley when it was used by the Nazi’s during WW2.

The walk then takes us down into the valley and offers us some spectacular views across the countryside and to the sea, but the damage done by the recent monsoon type rainfalls was clearly visible. Eventually we reach the bottom and take a break alongside the skeletal remains of yet another failed development. We then start to pass the large villas that surround the lake and start out trek out of the valley and up the tarmaced entrance road.

The weather was ideal for walking being sunny with clear blue skies but not too warm. 

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