Wednesday walking again starting from Salares, a pretty white village in the foothills of Mt. Maromar, the highest peak in the Axarquia at over 2000 metres.
We left the village over a delightful stone bridge across the Rio Salares, the trail led past an orange grove and then up a steep hill, taking us up 500 metres at an average gradient of 1 in 6. Very good exercise.
Elena at the top of the hill
Elena was first to reach the top of the climb so I snapped her against the blue sky as the rest of the group were arriving.
Once there I prevailed upon them all to pose for a group shot with the snowy peak of Maromar in the background.
Intrepid hikers with Maromar in the background.
Sedella from above
The views of Maroamar and the surrounding foothills were spectacular. here is a glimpse of a small village below, probably Sedella.
The photographs on this walk were taken with a small camera as my primary Canon was out of order. In fact there are no further blog entries for a couple of weeks while the camera was away being repaired in Madrid, and coincidentally I was preoccupied, firstly preparing to exhibit some photos in the exhibition centre in Nerja, and then recovering from a bout of food poisoning or gastro-enteritis. This resulted in a lengthy pause between blogs updates.
