AWW Walk report – 4 June 2025 – Ribeiro Da Amieira (Cistus Valley)

Water, water everywhere!

 

10 walkers and 2 x dogs. Ken, Max, Sue, Gill, Miriam, Fiona, Kieran, Linda, Jim and Geoff the photographer, plus Bica and Toby the dogs.

 

We met at Café Trigo Bom in Figueira.  Then we drove 4kms further up the road and started the walk well away from any tarmac.

 

 

We took a short cut through a field to join a nice wide track and then came our first of many water crossings.

Then we cut into the hidden valley and joined the narrow paths between the cistus bushes.

We even had water on one of the paths.

We headed up the one main hill of the day, enjoying the views of all the water in the valley.

 The weather was slightly cooler today with a light breeze so very pleasant, the only thing to spoil it was the buzzing noise coming from the Portimao race track.  A formula 4 race was taking place.

We passed the hover craft track but no action there, just one lonely looking hover craft.

The dogs loved all the water today.

The only people we saw were a couple of men harvesting cork.  Our guys stopped to chat and were surprised to hear they only get 20 euros for 15 kilos of cork.

We found a nice shady area to relax and enjoy our picnic lunches and listen to the gushing stream nearby.  Ken modelled his new head wear for us.

On and one through more water crossings.

We had a close call at the last water crossing.  Kieran was helping Ken but they both nearly fell backwards into the water.  Geoff as usual had his camera at the ready. That was a close call.

We drove back down to Figueira and enjoyed nice cool drinks at the café.

 

The walk was 14.5kms and took 4 ½ hours, including lunch stop.  Well done everyone for completing the full walk and for joining us today.  Thanks, Geoff, for all the photos.

Linda