Spain, Andalucía, Málaga

Estepona local walk - 16.5 km. Saturday 15^th April 2006

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Garmin Altitude Plot	Garmin Mapsource	Google Earth	Estepona Local Walk
Estepona Local Walk	Eucalyptus	Eucalyptus	Estepona Local Walk
Agave Americana	Estepona Local Walk	Cistus	Cistus
Cistus	Cistus	Cistus	Clouds
Clouds	View	View	Sheep
View	Sheep	Sheep	View
View	View	Anne	Phlomis
Phlomis	Phlomis	Cistus	Cistus
Salamander	Salamander	Salamander	Salamander
Salamander	Salamander	Salamander	Salamander
Fan Palm	Fan Palm	Fan Palm	Fan Palm
Fan Palm	Limodorum	Limodorum	Limodorum
Limodorum	Limodorum	Limodorum	View
View	View	View	View
View	CLouds	CLouds	CLouds
CLouds	View	View	Gibraltar
Gibraltar	Orobanche	Orobanche	Orobanche
Orobanche	Orobanche

Estepona Local Walk. We headed inland, climbing about 1000 feet (300 metres). Of all the walks on this trip, this one had the most interesting terrain and plants.

Neil and I wait an hour before setting off as it is raining. We then plot a route out of town which will get us on to the road to Ronda. We manage this with just one detour which is not too bad. It is humid and steamy.

I am using the Differo today to see if I can make it work quickly. I have discovered a way to record one message after another in quick succession. This is easier than I had expected as you can leave it turned on.

Our route out of town leads us past the Huerta Nueva which is locked so we skirt it. We turn right and left and right and left to make our way to the Ronda road. We achieve this with only one dead end which is quite good. The walk is disappointing in that we never do manage get off the fierce (surfaced road). To achieve that you'd need to take a taxi to the left turn that goes up to the antennas.

We cross over the motorway and head uphill. It is still quite early and there is no traffic on our road. We can see our house behind us.

We see blue orobanche, white orobanche, yellow orobanche, red pea, cytisus various, cistus 2 pink on sage leaf one small dark green two white one large one small, lavender two types, daisies many, white bunnies, pink bunnies, valerian type, purple phlomis and three-cornered leek.

At lunch we go off the road, and are rewarded by the sight of a salamander and a bluish purple orchid called a limodorum. We have an illustration only of the limodorum abortivum which this isn't, but nothing else comes close to looking like it. At last we have an orchid and a new flower all in one. We return the same way.

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