Sparrowfart Walk 2022 – Santa Luzia surrounds
Date: Wednesday 13th July 2022
On a hot and windy Wednesday morning the hardy five assembled bright and early in Casa Rita for some coffee ahead of our annual sparrowfart. With problematic parking nearby, the early conversation was dominated by tales of the novel and adventurous spots everyone had found to park. Ros who arrived first received the unique bonus of the the only available spot right outside.
The hardy five were: (with myself as photographer and of course Rafa):
Ros, Jan, Sue and Karen.
We then set of on a shortened 7.2km circular route around the hills of Santa Luzia and Assumadas.
We had some nice views from the top of some of the hills down to Loule and with a distant view of the sea.
When we reached the highest point of Santa Luzia there was a scary view of the smoke trail from the ongoing fire near Faro and Quinta da Lago.
As we worked our way towards home and a welcome breakfast we met an old Hash friend Ross aka Toots for a chat along the way.
Reaching Casa Rita Jan happily took charge of the BBQ, Sue provided some lovely freshly squeezed orange juice, Ros provided a beautiful fruit salad and Karen directed operations. I was left to make a half hearted effort to cook some eggs and I was limited to pointing out where everything was!
We then enjoyed a lovely Irish/English breakfast of English and Irish sausages, Irish bacon, black and white pudding and of course scrambled eggs washed down with fresh juice and coffee.
But the best was yet to come as Jan completed a tour de force with her own pancake mix beautifully complimented with Ros´s fruit bowl.
Many thanks to: Sue for the fresh OJ, Jan for the BBQ expertise and the lovely pancakes, Ros for the beautiful fruit bowl and Karen for the overall organisation.
PS Thanks also to Jan for the lovely lemons!
Overall distance a creditable 7.2km in the heat.
Martin McKenna
