AWW Walk : 22 May 2019, Cafe Varzea

AWW : Walk Report 22.5.19 , Cafe Varzea

A select bunch set off from the Café Varzea.  Amazing everyone found it as they were looking for an
upside down café! Angie and Matt arrived just in time!!

(for those who don't appreciate the subtlety of this point, here is an extract from the walk instructions showing the upside-down cafe...

"...On M525 just before/after Tor crossroads at Ponte Tor. Park opposite the café on the road, just after/before the dual carriageway.

Ed).

 

     

Angie, Martin, Matt, Jan, Miriam, Bica, Sue, Ken, Frank

The first part of the walk took us along past the Quinta do Tor winery where all the vines looked in
excellent shape for the season. Unfortunately the Ribeira de Algibre was completely dry and even
growing poppies.

  

     

It was getting very hot and we had to have plenty of water stops.  

  
          

Another water stop in the shade. And yet another

 

  

Through the shade of the fir trees alongside the orange farm

                            

And on and on in the heat, up a long slow hill looking for the perfect lunch spot.  Between a rock and a
shady place!

   
   

There obviously was some water to be found along the way

   

And so with fabulous views in the distance, we walked from shade to shade.

And on back to the café for a well-earned beer or two.  (Oh no, only 1 beer each as Sue was in
charge of cash!!)

 
 

Stats:

Distance: 15.67 km

Time:         3 hours 31 mins plus 19.40 mins for lunch

Average speed:  4.45 km/hr

Maximum speed: 10.62 km/hr

Elevation: 231m

Calories burned: 1518 kcal.

Sorry no map.  Couldn’t work how to copy it from Runtastic to Word!

Miriam and Ken Wood