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Our Autumn
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Sue's describes |
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PURCHENA DAY OUT... |
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Maggie and I have been on one of our walking
trips to the pretty village of Purchena, inland between Albox
and Baza on the 334 where there is the ruin of an old Moorish
fort and, until last year, there was an unsafe old mountain
tract covered in loose stone and rocks leading to the Purchena
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This pathway has now got evenly raised well
built steps with an anti slip surface, hand rails and
several well spaced bench seats where you can rest as you
climb to the top and it is quite some climb.
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These seats I must admit to having taken
advantage of as I am not a great lover of heights and I knew at
almost 3/4s of the way up that I was as high as I wished to go.
Maggie on the other hand, who has no fear of
heights carried on upwards and viewed the surrounding
countryside from the various vantage points with notice boards
explaining the views.
She was also lucky enough to spot a fawn on the
edge of the clearing.
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I will be looking at the photographs along with
you ! |
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I did enjoy my sit down and I did have some
lovely scenery to look at too. At this point in the Almanzora
valley we have lots of pine trees which is a lovely change from
the usual arid empty hills and because of this it is an area
that many ex pats have been drawn to live.
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This pueblo has been an important site way back
to Roman times and it should also be noted that Purchena
(though not much more than a village by most standards) is in
fact a city, due to its importance and status dating from the
Moorish times when the fort was of great defensive
importance.
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The Castillo had a strategic position for
hundreds of years,not just for the Moors but also for the
subsequent rule by the Christians. |
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After all that exercise we dropped down the hill
into the pueblo and popped into one of the bars for a tapas
lunch, well earned I might say.
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Footnote !
As it was such a lovely day we decided to drive
just a little further up towards Baza and look at another
village, Tivoli, but on this occasion we were not as impressed
and after a walk around we decided that this was one not worth a
second visit and set off home.
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to see more girls' outings
click
'GIRLS'
GETAWAYS'
and choose a day out !
see you there ...
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REMEMBER! To find
a DIARY ITEM from our
Newsletters and clips,
just click
DIARY DAYS IN SPAIN
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And see
more recipes at
MIKE'S
TAPAS BAR |
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2006