Cuevas de Almanzora to Huércal-Overa; 21,5 km

Early start 7.45, not many coffee places open. We had to go downtown to find a place, adding 1,5 km to our day. Lovely breakfast though.

We started walking at 8.30, and we got out of town in the direction of the caves in the mountain. And there something strange happened. One decision leading to another.
We didnot see the path, and asked for directions. I suppose we asked the wrong question and were guided to the left. There we found a tunnel through the mountain, but that road led us back to where we came from. We decided not to try it again and take a detour that led us to a parallel road to what we should have walked. We were a bit disappointed that we didnot got close to the caves in the mountain but sometimes things take their own course. Later i looked at google maps and it looked quite simple, how could we have missed the road at the right hand side! We saw people on the left side of the road, asked them for guidance and that took us more to the left and that was it.

Then we walked along the canal again which we followed and then went up to the water basin behind the big Olympic like structure ( a ski jumping slope) which was part of the water works.

From there it was zig zag thru the hills in the direction of our destination. Impressive long uphill walking tired us out. Especially the concrete path that was laid out to support the steepest part up hill. We were happy when that ended, it was the highest point for today. We paused at the top but were too tired to have a big lunch. Digesting cheese bread and tomato seemed like too much.

The next stage in the walk was through the rambla del Saltador. It was hard to navigate and at times we wondered are we still on the right track? There were rough parts.

We did made it and close to five o’clock we walked into Huércal-Overa. We had a picknick again in our very basic bedroom. We do wonder though how much hard walking we still like to do. You want to enjoy the walking, but today felt a bit too much as work.
~G

Accomodation:
Hostal Las Vegas, 50 euro for a room for two, very basic but hot water!Read more