21-11-21

Back with more energy, I’m back on the trail. But because it’s difficult to find places to stay inland, I have another night booked in Corralejo – which gives me the advantage of a very light backpack.

Starting out from Corralejo, past some ‘fancy’ new holiday houses with far too big road infrastructure; and straight onto…gravel roads – what else?

outskirts of Corralejo
gravel road towards Lajares

Past a little spectacular ‘crater’ and a cave.

crater of volcano Bayuyo
cave entrance, makes for a shadowy rest place (but was already occupied)

And then on to today’s highlight: Calderón Hondo.

guarded by very hungry ‘squirrels’ (Nordafrikanische Borstenhörnchen – atlantoxeros getulus, seit 1965 hier ‘heimisch’)
Calderón Hondo (273m asl)

and steep down again…

Very little vegetation, and almost never green, and certainly not flowering…. except – sometimes when you look very closely:

Then through Lajares – really just some houses and three surfer bars (inland!! dont’t understand that, but ok), and on towards La Oliva.

They also have so many stones, they try to sell them:

looking back towards Lajares and Calderón Hondo (second from left)

Approching La Oliva, I pass by two windmills.

Molino de Villaverde II

And because I just miss the bus I also get to experience the church in La Oliva.

wooden fake-marmor pulprit in beautiful La Oliva church

Clocking in a total of something around 22km for today.


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