Easy Short Social Walks and Outings 2009
Restaurants cost whatever they charge for menu del dia, which varies, usually around 8-10 euros. Walks are 5 euros. You don´t have to come for the meal but most people very much like to socialise after a walk over a delicious meal! On some walks it may be a picnic ie bring your own, just read what it says for each walk/outing.
Click on the email link to book your places on any walk, giving your full names and Spanish contact phone numbers in case of last minute changes. Don´t forget to state which walk you´d like to come on: natureespunatrails@gmail.com Then wait to get your confirmation by email. You can´t just turn up without receiving confirmation.
Monday 20th July FOSSILIZED DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT Meet 5pm in El Berro car park. Very easy walk appx 2 hrs. A late afternoon start makes it a much cooler time of day to be out in the scorching summer heat, we´ll carshare to the walk start in Sierra Espuna and then have a look at the Dinosaur's fossilized footprint, and also go over an easy short rope bridge with a solid wooden base.. (easy but makes you feel like you´ve achieved something fantastic! Bring cameras and show off to your friends!) Then we´ll return to El Berro for a cooling drink together in a village restaurant/bar. Of course people can order food for themselves, a la carte if they wish, too! We always like to round of a walk with a sociable restaurant experience of one sort or another.
Friday 28th August. EAGLES' NESTING AREAS Meet 5pm in El Berro car park. Very easy short walk, max 2 hrs. Another cooler late afternoon walk in shady Espuna areas to look at places in which eagles like to nest. The Golden Eagle nests and breeds in Sierra Espuna and is an amazing sight if you´re lucky enough to see it. There are plenty of other eagles too, but the Golden Eagle has one of the largest wingspans in the world, bar the Albatross. We´ll have an easy stroll through pine-clad areas and then drive back to El Berro where in a pretty village restaurnat/bar we can have a drink and order ourselves anything we want a la carte, on an individual basis, to round off the walk with a social get-together! (Restaurants don´t do menu del dia in the evenings!)
Monday 20th July FOSSILIZED DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT Meet 5pm in El Berro car park. Very easy walk appx 2 hrs. A late afternoon start makes it a much cooler time of day to be out in the scorching summer heat, we´ll carshare to the walk start in Sierra Espuna and then have a look at the Dinosaur's fossilized footprint, and also go over an easy short rope bridge with a solid wooden base.. (easy but makes you feel like you´ve achieved something fantastic! Bring cameras and show off to your friends!) Then we´ll return to El Berro for a cooling drink together in a village restaurant/bar. Of course people can order food for themselves, a la carte if they wish, too! We always like to round of a walk with a sociable restaurant experience of one sort or another.
Friday 28th August. EAGLES' NESTING AREAS Meet 5pm in El Berro car park. Very easy short walk, max 2 hrs. Another cooler late afternoon walk in shady Espuna areas to look at places in which eagles like to nest. The Golden Eagle nests and breeds in Sierra Espuna and is an amazing sight if you´re lucky enough to see it. There are plenty of other eagles too, but the Golden Eagle has one of the largest wingspans in the world, bar the Albatross. We´ll have an easy stroll through pine-clad areas and then drive back to El Berro where in a pretty village restaurnat/bar we can have a drink and order ourselves anything we want a la carte, on an individual basis, to round off the walk with a social get-together! (Restaurants don´t do menu del dia in the evenings!)
IF YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE A WALK OF YOUR OWN PLEASE EMAIL natureespunatrails@gmail.com and of course if you contribute a walk of your own, you needn´t ever pay the 5 euros any time that walk is ever done with NEST, as you´re contributing in kind with your time and effort! If you want to fundraise for charity by contributing a walk and leading it, get in touch.
You can also, if you´d like to, subscribe to the website mailing list which means you´ll be informed when any extra/new walks are added or any changes made.
If you have a nice walk you can share with us, please DO! We´re always looking for new walks to do, to vary things. The Mar Menor walk we have done was kindly donated by Peter & Lyn Ewers and was a fantastic day out enjoyed by all, and even raised money for charity on two separate occasions! We also had a lovely walk through the Barrancos de Gebas and to the lake thanks to Margaret Perrett helping Louisa to work out the new walks! Many people don´t realise the amount of effort, time and the costs that go into finding all these walks and wonderful places behind the scenes! So anything you contribute, you won´t be paying for!
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Most of the walks with Nature ESpuna trails are so easy anyone can do them, as long as you are healthy! But just make sure you wear sensible walking boots or non slip secure footwear for rugged, rubbly caminos and slopes that we sometimes walk on. We like to talk and be sociable during walks, enjoying the scenery and taking photos and appreciating the wildlife and fauna.. NEST walks aren´t a race, nor a muscle-pumping 'sport' scrambling up steep perilous cliffs .. NEST is about enjoying the views, the scenery and the company in a relaxed, easy-going way, and not as a sport to be 'endured' - and if anyone has problems keeping up and is slower than the rest, we like to courteously wait for them and let them keep up, catch up and be part of the group.. We appreciate it if you bear this in mind on NEST walks, in keeping with the friendly 'easy walks' group spirit. If you treat walking as a sport and like to zoom off ahead regardless of anyone else's pace, and don´t like waiting for people to catch up in a relaxed way in the spirit of friendship, then NEST isn´t for you.
Dogs are always welcome on walks as long as they are kept on a lead and under control, as people mustn´t be tripped up by excitable dogs and there are sometimes herds of sheep or goats whose shepherd will not appreciate them being worried by dogs off leads and may even shoot the dog on the spot, as dogs have been known to badly attack goats. So dogs off leads are not acceptable on NEST walks. Other dangers for dogs are wild boars and Arruis, and if your dog were to wander off and not come back, which can happen off a lead, dogs found lost/wild in the mountains of Sierra Espuna are, I´m told, usually killed by the authorities. So please note, dogs must please be on leads at least for their own safety - they are extremely welcome and often have an extremely enjoyable time with plenty of fuss and attention!
