Sierra Nevada - Day 3

Distance: 14.5km
Ascent: 575m
Weather: hot and sunny

We had a half hour transfer and were dropped off at the top of a hill, very impressive road, and walked along a pleasant shady track, slightly downhill, until we came to a track which headed down into the valley.  There was a slight detour up to the head of the pass, where we saw an olde worlde water trough, with roof, and views of the Malaga mountains.

We headed back to the junction and down, the path becoming more and more rocky and steep as we got lower. There was a very impressive goat villa, but no sign of the goats.

Down in the gorge there was a stream and a disused mill, one of many in this valley apparently.

It was quite muddy and the path was quite narrow in places. We had a brief stop (with some sock faffing) and then set off up to the first village.

After a couple of villages we stopped at a very nice bar for a very good meal (houmous, bread, meats and cheeses, then salad, loads of meat and grilled veg, followed by coffee and shots) eventually dragging ourselves way to walk to the end of the valley,  before heading down and then back up a rocky zig zag path up the mountainside to the track.

We had been told that there was a nice shady spot to wait, but some confusion about what poplar trees look like meant we just carried on and ended up back at the car park.