Better than we thought.

We were prepared for the worst  but  - so far at least, we've only had overnight rain.  Quite hard rain in the night I think as it woke me up, but it stopped early this morning.  This afternoon has been quite sunny and although there were huge clouds to the north and south of us we managed a nice long walk before the clouds gathered again.  Looking out now, we are completely covered and it's looking oh so gloomy.

One of my favourite walks is along the section of GR7 heading towards El Golco,  it's wooded and green to start with then opens up into a more rocky path with rosemary covered slopes either side.  Problem is that the green end gets very overgrown, probably due to the spring here in Montenegro overflowing and encouraging the growth.  Not so much undergrowth as overgrowth too.  In the summer it's almost impassable  unless you're in trousers which I'm not then - too hot - and I don't like bramble scratched legs.  And in the winter especially after rain,  it can be too wet from the branches and overhanging leaves.  Normally the path is kept clear by the medio ambiente guys who come and strim it.  Not this year  though - no idea why but possibly budget cuts.

However, yesterday morning 2 guys came down the track from Yegen, not medio ambiente and not driving a Junta de Andalucia vehicle either, they stopped at the Yegen, Montenegro, El Golco  junction of paths and as we walked past they were getting the strimmer up and running and we could hear it all morning.  We've just been to take a look and go for a walk and the path has been cleared as far as Cortijo Miguel which is a ruin about half way along, pretty much where the lush green stops and the rosemary bushes take over.

This is near where the over flow from the spring runs across the path.
With the sun shining through the overhanging trees it looks like a green leafy tunnel.