Todays trek started after a drive to the quiet mountain village of La Serena literally translated as calm or peaceful.
After parking the car the first impression is of a time gone by when we contemplate the scene of an old woman doing her washing at the village fuenta (launderette aka fountain)
Walking out of the village we use a well worn track used in the extraction of iron ore by a large scale 19th Century mining operation.
We did a circular route with one detour, which took us around three hours to complete.
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| It looks like a lot of effort went into flattening this piece of land to grow a few almond trees. |
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| Perhaps an old smelter. |
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| Rugged landscape |
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| Roly and Barry |
We detoured off the track and on to a tarmac road to take in a Buddhist temple high up in the Sierra de la Filabres.
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| Temple |
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| You can see a couple of thin steel chimneys close by, the monks live in cave homes below. |
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| Centre of picture is a new Buddhist retreat being built |
Our most enjoyable walk to date - may do it again before we leave Spain.
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