Playa Cotobro Almunecar
Paseo de Cotobro, 1 Almunecar, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands
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Collado de Umbrales
... and a few of them are fell runners. Nobody hangs around! So it's down the track to Acebuchal, up the barranco to Venta Cebollera and then up the path-cum-track to Puerta Blanquilla. All this takes only 75 minutes - normally the stretch from Acebuchal to Blanquilla (which is a good kilometre shorter) would take me 80-85. At Blanquilla, there's time for a quick photo or two, and a swig of water, but it's decided that "breakfast" will not be until we've got down to the ...
Unbelievable natural beauty
... a tourist book and thought being underground surrounded by rock was something I could do without, but I was wrong! It is the most awe-inspiring place. I can't describe it - but of course I'll try - a couple of huge caverns, stalactites, stalagmites, columns, weird sculptures of rock formed by nature over millennia. It brought to mind Gaudi's cathedral, hobbit homes, gnome sculptures, heavy drapery made of stone. The lighting they've ...
Collado de los Civiles
It's a bright morning after three days' heavy rain in Frigiliana, so it's time to get out and about again. I'm driving up to Acebuchal, a few miles from the village on the other side of El Fuerte, with the intention of covering a bit of new ground. The map shows a footpath leading over a col between the Cortijo Daire and the track from Puerta Blanquilla to the Puerto de Frigiliana. I'm familiar with both of these, but not the ground in between.
It's a fairly cool start ...
Cielo
... right. Even now there's still quite a bit of steep climbing to do, but at least the end is in sight. Soon, I'm there. It's taken 4.5 hours today, which is more than normal, but then it's hotter than normal! I don't do this one in summer - too hot by half! The Spanish couple are enjoying their lunch, but there's still nobody else around - in fact we three turn out to be the only people to get to the top of Cielo today. Just imagine being on the summit of Ben ...
Food!
... project things on the screen or have D.J.s play over corner of the pool. We spent some time out there and had fun being over water while surrounded by water.
It’s safe to say we enjoyed ourselves and while we were more than excited to see the family it was a little sad to say goodbye. Luckily Derek had the breakfast buffet to ease his concerns before we headed off the boat in Barcelona only a day away from Germany and seeing my parents and the Mockoski ...



