hiking
The proposal offered to the second weekend in December we had to suspend it for lack of participation, the Christmas season everyone is busy with family commitments, however I will narrate the day's itinerary that monitors inspection, hoping that the next time you propose partners and members are more encouraged to do it.
The day was wonderful, we would say that almost summer, although weather forecasts were about 65% water, was wrong as the weatherman.
The trail is located on the old road to Los Barrios-Algeciras , passing the Puente Grande and before the Prison Botafuegos panel we find the indication, there are two paths, take the right one to meet in small farms of plots at the height of Coffee Bar The Torre .
continue right into the paved road until a wooden step that will allow us to cross the fence of private land observation is that ask permission, and we must beware of cattle that graze freely.
Following the path, we will soon have a good overview of Los Barrios, walk to meet about artificial feeding, a few meters further observe an apiary on our right, again take the interjection of roads in this case the left and remember this point.
Following the fence the path goes, finding part of another paved road, shortly after watching the signs of hikers, small pyramid of rocks that we tend to leave, turning off back to the left take the path up the hillside, minutes later we arrived at the Atalaya the back of it.
This landmark location was formerly known as Prior Montecillo, "alluding to Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem , he held a prominent activity during the conquest of Algeciras by Alfonso XI , now known as Monte Tower Watchtower or Botafuegos Tower, a lookout tower that is believed to be medieval style of the fourteenth century on the Gorge Reservoir Prior.
We were surprised their conservation status, unforgivable what we found, apparently was being restored through a project funded by the European Union of more than 57,000 €, that the Company Yamur was taking place.
However, this project is stalled, my personal opinion is that the procedure has not been adequate, an extraordinary example of medieval defensive architecture not can take concrete and limiting the entry doors, iron and steel, I think there other kinds of fillings that if would be appropriate for preservation, I ask, where is the archaeologists to determine as it should proceed in its restoration? And where is the euro sucedicho project?
What we saw was the first of two doors that prevented the passage within the uprooted, the ground floor of the tower was filled with bags and debris, These fully hardened and stacked, both building materials and tools were scattered around the area, a real shame.
With a small flashlight get inside the Tower This square structure with two vaults, walking over the debris reached the staircase up to first floor, a window horseshoe gave us light and natural, and we can clearly notice that its origin could be Arabic or Moorish Caliphate in style then climbed to the roof.
The origin or history of Torre are unclear, there is very little data, however the latest historiographical trends points at a very early medieval Andaluz, timing bound with noble occupation of the territory.
Tower a few years ago suffered a fracture in his facade as a result of lightning cracked the impact of the northwest corner, now we see that this break is filled.
The watchtowers were very important in the Mediterranean coastal zone, as close to the sea populations often suffer attacks by pirate ships, and indeed from where we were oteábamos all contour.
Breathtaking views of the Bay , south, the Rock of Gibraltar to the west the Sierra La Palma , with Cerro del Aguila and Amarguillos the the Gorge Reservoir Prior to our feet to the east the river Palmones , Algeciras and La Línea de la Concepción .
After the short break returned to the point that we should not forget, the interjection, there continue going around the Mount through a rough cork, punctuated occasionally by great oaks, where under the shade of these wonderful specimens growing a thick Mediterranean vegetation of ferns, brambles, hawthorn, daphne and gorse.
Retinto numerous cows graze at will, keeping in view the recent breast we caution the camping area of \u200b\u200bthe cattle, the odd little older calf made us get out of the way from time to time.
We went down to the gate of the new fence, we put up the opening for walkers reaching the forest track, turn our steps toward the reservoir of the Garganta del Prior , daffodils of Sorbas ( Narsissus Tortifolius ) dotted the green fields, parallel to the lake continued to traverse a few meters further, a recent wooden bridge helps us reach the other side, taking back the forest track that goes to the neighborhood of the Garganta del Capitán .
Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus ) surprised us on our way, we understand that are migratory and come from the Americas , but also often seen in the islands Madeira and the Azores, in some areas of Canary Islands and here in the Strait , so we do not jibe is that migration is usually from August to October, and we were in the month of December, the weather is changing and the animal nature to adapt to these consequences.
Monarch - Danaus plexippus
Asclepia Physocarpa
The milkweed plants in the Asclepia Physocarpa attracted them, a spectacle of great beauty, enjoy of moments captured with our camera, after arriving in the neighborhood walk through the roads looking for the right track to take us back to our car.
The small flowers of the ivy on the fences of plots gave us fluorescent beauty, as we made short path we take to climb to the Garganta del Capitán , chosen to take us the sandwich, leave the car at the Cortijo de los Acebuches and follow the forest track to down the cascade.
Our tour takes place through the typical vegetation of "Canute " which is a real tunnel verdure, under the vast canopy of the trees descended by a very steep path, the forming a dense tangle vine hanging from this wonderful riverside forest, the slippery ground made us cling to anything, a stick, a stone, stick, mate, finally we went down gently but without extreme difficulty.
The river current closeness we announced a surprise spectacular waterfall, the Cascade Captain or Chorrera "as they know the villagers, we stop along the banks of the beautiful pool of crystal clear deep emerald silence prevails here, quietly enjoyed the beautiful appearance, divine paradise.
After the break, we went climbing the huge rocks to locate the concrete path that leads to the small dam river upstream, this board is on a pipe from a nearby catchment that supplies to Los Barrios, we soon come to the blue gate of the dam, prohibits us from this step, water is accumulated in the pond and conducted in a channel to a pipe, water falls and leaves cascading inertia.
The place is also worth noting the huge dam is encased buildings on rock strata where it floats in front of us and on the horizon and spotted Algeciras the Linea de la Concepcion.
Regresamos tras nuestros pasos volviendo a la pista forestal en la subida observamos el derrumbe de la placa de hormigón que hubo en el 2008 a consecuencia de las intensas lluvias y que aún los daños ocasionados no han sido reparados
Tomateras del Diablo - Solanum Linnaeanum
Frailillo - Arisarum Vulgare
Cortinarius Orellanus
fart de Lobos - Lycoperdoperlatum
The devil's tomato (Solanum Linnaeanum ) showed us off and frailillos ( Arisarum Vulgare) adorned the edge of the trail along with a copy of Cortinarius Orellanus ( mortal ) and from stone lions ( Lycoperdoperlatum ) edible when they are white, they undoubtedly have broken no longer apply.
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