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Spring like weather on this hike. The Mimosa trees I saw last week were now in full bloom. You could hear the bees buzzing around everywhere around the trees. We had some low level light clouds that made some of the photos less clear than I would have liked. Otherwise a great hike. On the way back the skies were clear enough to do some star gazing. A great app that helps with that is Stellarium. I am hoping the cold will come back, I am still in winter mode.

Friday was a day with so much rain that I planned my weekly hike for Saturday. Beautiful sunny day. I walked a near similar route a couple of weeks ago, but, this time nearly all of it happened with daylight. Some spring was in the air, you could see that in between the Eucalypt and Pines, some of the Mimosa trees were starting to flower. They look magnificent up close. Normally they have a very intense smell, but, I couldnt really smell anything. Some Bumble Bees were flying around already, I am sure that they did smell. I came across a bit of track where someone hung part of the drive train of his bike :-). It was easy to see where that might have happened. This hike is a nice recovery hike, nothing too extraneous.

We started our hike in La Caizuela this time. Although it is just north of where we normally start, but to get there by car takes substantially longer. A detour to see the Pico Freira waterfalls was included. Although this didnt take much time, this, the extra time travelling to La Caizuela, and the hike back to a lot longer than we expected. So in the end, a big part of the hike was done in darkness. Although the initial descend from Pico Miliquitanes back to La Caizuela was fine, long stretches were very muddy. This is a common track for cows as well, and with all the rain that had fallen, difficult to walk on. We came back to La Caizuela unusually tired, so we had a stop at La Tenada before driving back home.

Nice new variation of the Northwestern part of the area around Gorfolí. The weather did end up closing in on us. The last few kms were against the wind, and we got quite wet. Great hike though!

Nice new hike in an area just West of where I normally go. Sundown at 18:20, dark 19:00. You could notice the snow in the mountains with the wind that was blowing. Yesterday we had a bit of a storm, and many smaller branches had come down. I will explore how I can connect this hike to getting to the windmills.

Great day for a coastal hike. The weather was clear. The coast is just magnificent here. There a limited parking places for the car. We stopped at Sidreria La Ponderosa close to Bañugues por a very late lunch close to 18:00!

Nice hike. Sundown 18:14, dark 18:45. No moon, but lots of stars visible. Fantastic views. The tracks were small rivers in some areas.

Great hike. We started around 1630 local time, to get some time with light, and ample time in the dark. It was quite dark as the sky was overcast. We got a bit of light drizzle on the way back. Had a stupid fall and I think I dislocated my pinky finger a bit. Otherwise, we had a great time.