Walk and riverbeds

Our 4.5 mile up and down walk presented amazing views and we diverted from the path a few times to explore the dried up riverbed. Despite recent floods in Malaga, this area has been in drought for 5 years, and reservoir levels of Andalucia are down to 22%. It's quite worrying, also quite amazing that plants are surviving. Mainly olive crops and some trees here.
John had his head down a lot looking at minerals, stones, and anything of interest.
There are an awful lot of houses in an unfinished state randomly dotted across hillsides by the road. I asked the owner about the reason. She said that due to the region becoming a protected zone by Europe, some builders were prohibited from continuing. She said it's better now because you don't get illegal buildings, the area is protected and the farmers can continue their work and apply to build if necessary.
It is nothing to do with water levels and the fact that the lake is so low. We thought that it had become less attractive to visitors because of that. Hence people were no longer visiting.
Our conversation was conducted with her speaking into her phone and pressing translate, for me to then read. And likewise when I spoke. Brilliant!

A familiar downside to a lovely walk was the dogs barking as you walked. One property today had four very large black rottweilers. They were pretty bloody scary. Feels very aggressive to have such dogs around your property.

Apart from that, we had a lovely day and we even sat outside for a short time. 14° high and forecast 2° tonight . Narberth is warmer but a lot of rain.Read more