Bérchules: the village

Ned walked to Bérchules today to get groceries and on the way had an interesting conversation with a man he met working in an orchard. José is a firefighter employed by the forestry agency in the area. In his spare time, he tends to his orchard where he has four kinds of apple trees and other fruit and nut trees. He worries about climate change - in this area they used to get up to three meters of snow in the winter; this year, there was none. We can certainly attest to the dry spring. In the 34 days we’ve been in Spain, there has not been a single day of rain.

Berchules is a typical Alpujarra village. It is located at an altitude of about 1400 meters, with houses adapted to life on a hillside, arranged in terraces and facing the Mediterranean. The flat roofs are waterproofed with a layer of clay called launa and topped with conical chimneys. Tinaos (flat-roofed street coverings) provide storage space, sheltered entryways, and places for drying peppers.

Wikiloc track today:
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