We have 16 walks, which I try to do in sequence
However I do have to take into account the recent and future weather
If it is likely to rain I pick a walk which starts near a suitable bar
If there has been a lot of rain I tend
to avoid any walks which require crossing a river
This walk requires to cross the river
Gorgos twice
Consequently we do not attempt it
after heavy rain
There has not been any heavy rain for
about four weeks
So I felt it was safe to do it today
There is no bridge, but there is a
ford which is usually dry
However when we reached the river it was deeper and faster running than normal
It was not dangerous to cross, but we
would get our feet very wet
About two thirds of the group wanted
to ford it anyway
But a considerable number were not
very keen
Pierre suggested improving the ford by
using nearby rocks
I agreed he could try, whilst I went
to recce an alternative crossing
It was soon obvious that there was no
easier crossing without a considerable detour
When I returned about half of the group had crossed
I was prepared to abandon the walk if
anyone refused to cross
However having seen how easy it was to
cross all were prepared to give it a try
We distributed our available walking
sticks and everyone has two each
There were also plenty of willing
hands to assist the crossing
And all managed it without getting too
wet
We then had to check our regular
return ford
It required a little work similar to
the first ford
But again all recrossed without any
trouble
Despite the difficulty I think
everyone enjoyed the extra challenge
Temperature – 12 to 14c
Time taken – 4 hours
Distance – 9km
No comments:
Post a Comment