Wednesday 22nd February - Roque Nublo

Today's plan is another drive up into the mountains for a couple of walks and maybe some birding. Our first target is La Fortaleza, near Santa Lucia. We opt for a different route up into the mountains which turns out to be quite a spectacular drive.
We find the turn off and descend from the main road. The circular walk here is short but the terrain rough so we change into walking shoes. It seems strange to be wearing socks. The website lists the total climb on the walk to be 17 metres, not much more than 50 feet, so should be OK even for us elderly types.
The blurb that we read does not tell us that the circuit takes us via a cave/tunnel through the rock buttress. It is worth the effort.
We drive on and stop at a Mirador overlooking a reservoir which makes it look like it has been a dry winter here.
Onwards and upwards into the mountains. We revisit the cafe in Santa Lucia where we had coffee a couple of weeks ago and enjoy coffee again. For lunch we stop at a spot where we admired the almond blossom when we last had a car.
Two weeks make a difference. We move on to Roque Nublo, which we briefly visited a couple of days back. This time we opt for a walk into the forest in search of birds. The little ingrates let us down again. The terrain appears to be perfect, trees, ground, sky all present. R opts for the well favoured stay in one place approach while D decides to follow the trail up to the top.
According to  Wikipedia Roque Nublo means "rock in the clouds". They might have got that one right.
On the way home R insists that we stop for coffee and cake at the place in San Bartolome 
The ride back down to Maspalomas is quite exciting as we race a cyclist. Eventually there is an uphill stretch where we lose him.
Tonight's beer of the day is a bit of a stinker. The taste reminds D of Shreddies, the breakfast cereal. Gopping springs to mind. * (Out of five).

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