|
Every week
we do a walk of some description. Helps to keep us moving !!!
The trouble is, most people who visit Tenerife never get to
see the mountains. We recently took Bert and Pat (hi guys) from Dundee up into the hills. Ok, in fairness it
was just to the restaurant where we eat after walking. We missed the
walk itself !
Bert commented that from the coast,
the mountains look just like a wasteland
with nothing up there, and that he
was amazed at what he saw….and
we only travelled a small
part of the way.
It must seem the same for
many visitors, and it’s such a
shame more of you guys
don’t get to appreciate
the mountains. Still, we keep trying to
do our bit…
“TAMAIMO BIG LOOP”Mo, Ray and Moose. After leaving home at 10am we arrived at Tamaimo which is situated just before Santiago del Teide and commenced our hike at 10.45am and with the aid of Rays new toy… a GPS, we headed uphill for one hour to Arguayo passing Montana del Angel. 
Angel Mountain
We walked up through this quaint village and passed a small museum but didn’t have time to go and investigate. We’ll do that another time. We then walked up past cliffs and out onto the “Camino Real”. This is the ancient old route used by farmers to get round the island…it’s more a donkey trail really. Here there are stunning views of the valley and Santiago del Teide.
The Valley And Santiago del Teide
After another hour, this brought us down to the main road at the village of El Retamar. We continued downhill crossing the main road several times until we reach our destination of Tamaimo once again.
We found a lovely little Argentinian (edited) Venezuelan bar restaurant and supped the local red wine and ate chicken and chips, costing us less than 10 euros each.
The hike was 9 kilometres and we climbed from 1880 feet to 3230 feet in temperatures of mid 30´s and it took us about three hours.
All Along The WatchtowerThis is a walk Phil did on his own last week. The only people he saw on the whole (3 hour) walk were the
guys at the top of the lookout tower (fire watch) and a naked German sunbather (who we named Helmut). He wanted
to do it again (hmmmm….) this week with us.
So there was Fireman Phil, Mo,
Ray,
Johnny and Alan Wildsmith (one of
the
family “out-laws”) from
Burton-on-Trent.
I’m thinking of testing Mo. She’s had
so many “blonde moments” lately that
we may start a brand new blog.
I’m just going to ask her which river runs
through Burton-on-Trent
……ok she passed that one
instantly.
The temperature on this walk hit 39c (109f), and
it was reasonably difficult bearing in mind we were at an altitude of over 6,000 feet, with a further 600
feet incline (and the same back down).
However, we all played safe with plenty of high
factor sunscreen, and lots of water in our packs. This was essential so that we could make it safely back
to our favourite eating place Casa Camilo’s….a small, family run place up in the hills at La Escalona. It’s
a small place run by a family….not a place run by a small family!
We have never actually tried their
English Breakfast. It might be
interesting because they are from
Chile.
Anyhow, we somehow managed to pile back all
those lost calories with good food and wine.
It’s a tough life, but we feel up to the
challenge !!!
|
|