@River I once was with about 30 professional mountain guides helping to renovate a mountain refuge. The mist came down and we were chatting too much and just followed the lead person down the mountain. He was the only one who didn't know where we were going. Came down in the wrong valley at nightfall, 10km away from our cars! Embarrassing or what? 😊
It's bank holiday here in Spain so we knew many of the popular walks would be busy. Instead we drove 15 minutes to a town called Chite, which we had never visited before. Had beautiful hike through lush forests and lakeside (Embalse de Beznar). A glorious 2 hour, 7km circular walk that ended at the bar in Chite.
Amazing what's on your doorstep that can sometimes get overlooked!
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@Badgardener thanks for those kind words. I am racking my brains for the other two but, as you say, there are so many good Cicerone guides out there. I'll take a blind punt on "Via Ferratas in the Italian Dolimites" and "Scrambles in the Lake District" 😃
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At that time the canyon was not so deep, and stairways and ladders were used to reach the dwellings, which were built high for defensive reasons. A clay vessel known as the Olla de Cacín (Cacín Pot) was found in the river bed and is preserved in the National Archaeological Museum, Madrid. It is the most southern example of Cardium pottery in Europe.
This is amazing. Spotted these walls half way up a vertical cliff in the Tajos de Bermejales. Who built them and why?
From Wikipedia ...
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Neolithic people lived in the canyon 5,000 years ago, sheltering under its overhanging walls and using the river as source of food. There are traces of these early settlers on the canyon walls about 10 metres above the present river level. Some of the walls they built to enclose the cavities in the canyon wall are still visible.
