Pine Forests and Baragems

 

AWW Walk report – 24 April 2024 – Pine Forests and Baragems

7 walkers and 3 x dogs. Russell, Martin, Ness, Miriam, Ken, David, Linda (photographer) and the 3 dogs Toby, Bicca and Raffa.

We car shared to the start of the walk then headed uphill towards the shade of the pine forest.  We had to do an about turn when I realised we had taken a wrong track.  This added a couple of extra kilometres to the walk, plus some extra hills.  David asked if I lost some bonus points for this.

 

We came out of the shady pine forest to be greeted by a very full baragem which the dogs made the most of to cool off.

Past some orange trees and the abundant wild flowers and then another baragem for the dogs to cool off again.

We had a rest stop before heading past the line of bee hives, luckily we all got by unscathed.

 Down the valley towards the road for the short tarmac stretch past a very quaint church.

 

 We cut round the back of the valley enjoying a nice flat stretch then found a shady spot for lunch.

The water crossing looked a bit difficult but we did a bit of bridge building whilst the dogs had a good splash around.

 

 A bit further along and we cut up and out of the hot valley passing the carpet of purple flowers at the side of the path.  I cut the walk a bit shorter here to make up for the error in the morning.

 

 

A nice flat stretch and then downhill back to the cars and a short drive back to the café for some well-earned cool drinks.

 

The dogs were pleased to rest in the shade.  Raffa wouldn’t get out of the car.

We completed the 16kms in 4 ½ hours, including the lunch stop.

 

 

Thank you for joining us and see you all soon.  Linda, Russell and Toby dog.