Fatburner Mark 2 : 24 November 2021

 

BENSAFRIM FAT BURN 

We all gathered on a damp wet morning at the cafe near the market for our early morning 

Slurp of coffee . We welcomed some new walkers that had brought the damp wet weather all the way from Ireland , guests of John and Susan !

All gathered are :

Tony ,John, Steve, Sue, Brid ,Susan, Julie, Mairead ( at the back ), Martin ,Jan ,Linda, Geoff ,Rosarie, 

Sue M, Gill ,Jim, and 2 South African can not remember names (tut tut, Barry & Beulah, Ed) ! And  Raffa four legged friend . 

We were off ! Thankfully the rain went and the sun came out . 

4 km on flattish road then a stop for a strip off........ 

......then came our 1st. hill and the fat burn began:

Great vistas of the surrounding area and a 007 type house down below:

We were up then we were down and yes you guessed up again then down a nice flattish path to our lunch spot , some one said it was the finest lunch stop they have ever had on a AWW walk !  

The clouds gathered and the rain came again, luckily we were still in our fabulous lunch location and was able to shelter and keep dry ( the luck of them Irish) ha 

Jim found a beer tap hooray  but sadly it was not connected 🙁

Onwards and upward , Tony found a unique shower hanging from a tree ............(fortunately, empty!)....

 ......then we came across Quinta da Esccocia Jim being Scottish had to stop for a wee photo ....

More ups and downs and finally to the windmill :

Raffa is smiling !

....and the beautiful site of the village below , and down we went with a slurp of beer in our minds ! 

All home and dry and the beer order in ( thanks Sue M) all we’re happy walkers. 

Thank you to all of you for coming and apologies for the late blog , thank you Alan for 

the photos . 

19 .4 km
548 Elevation gain
Speed touch over 4 km a hour

Gill