Abla to Hueneja

Javier from Madrid cooked his family’s special rice recipe for Ramon the Hospitalier, Francisco from Seville and myself last night. Delicious.
I set off around 7.30 with cloudy skies and the temperature cool. Very easy going on country lanes until Finaña.
Finaña is a town on the side of a hill with at least two bars and a panadería (bakery). There is a
mosque converted to a church and lots of evidence of the mozarabe history. Apparently Queen Isabella stayed here with her army before expelling the moors from Granada in the 1400s.
More easy going on gravel roads to Venta Ratonera where Javier and Francisco passed me. Soon after I found them helping themselves to a fruit tree. Turned out to be delicious persimmons.
After La Huertezuela the going got a bit tougher in the river bed. It is dry at the moment, but the last 5km into Hueneja were draining.
Javier cooked us another lovely meal with local wine and cheese.Read more