10th June
Felt like another Scottish day, dark clouds,windy and not very warm. At least it wasn't raining.
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| Burguete |
A gentler climb up to start the morning today, Burguete is at nearly
3000feet. Red squirrels in the woods as well.
Caught up with a girl from the Czech Republic who spoke good English and walked with her for a while.
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| I had to walk between them as they didn't move |
Stopped for coffee at Orbara, a tiny place with not much more than the bar-retaurant and a church.
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| Orbara |
The next bit was over the hill to Hirriberri where there was nothing but a farm next to the church, cobbled streets and a couple of houses, the whole place smelling of dung!
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| Looking back to Hirriberri |
A steep climb up to and around the limestone cliffs of Berrendi and then through a long section of woodland with thick wet undergrowth, at this stage I was in the cloud.
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| Wet woodland |
Emerging from the trees the trail runs for several miles on a good track along a high ridge
(1300m) I'm sure there would have been some great views if I could have seen anything.
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| A bit cloudy |
After crossing a high road over the hill
(1368m) the trail climbs to the highest point so far at
1492m, higher than Ben Nevis!
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| Coming down |
There were some huge sink holes just visible in the mist as I headed down out of the wind and wet cloud to find a suitable place to camp.
Found a reasonable spot sheltered by bushes and not far from a water source.
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