Our last day's walking started with a glimpse of Mt Teide above the clouds, but unfortunately the road up to it is still closed - so it's plan B again - a walk described as "easy", linking the 3 villages of Arona, Ifronche and Adeje up in the mountains.
Spotted these troughs of volcanic stone, which reminded me of Wendy Lawrence's crater glazed pieces.
The landscapes were very varied again:
from dry eroded gullies, to vast barrancos ( one named comfortingly El Barranco del Infierno )
through wonderful smelling Canarian pine forests, and over lava flows.
We were up very high, which gave us wonderful views down to the south west coast
but which unfortunately meant that at the end of the day, with legs already groaning we were faced with a very steep descent down an old pilgrim track down the mountain to Adeje where hopefully we wouldn't miss the last bus back.
Geoff at the start of the path down - village way below.
Really hard going as the bad weather had washed out a lot of the stones and there was loose rock
everywhere. Lower down the path followed a lava flow and the going underfoot got even tougher.
Views on the way down
The only thing holding me up when we finally reached the bottom was my sticks. We staggered through town, slumped onto the bus, and made a mental note not to try any of the hard walks in the book.
Home tomorrow.
January / February walks done - next one in March, my nine day trek into Petra. More training needed I think, as although no animals were harmed in this production, many plasters and a large tube of embrocation bit the dust.
This was the nearest we ever got to Mt Teide - maybe another year!
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