Hi all 👋🏻
Today I want to share with you my Walk with some members of the Iznájar walking group, following the RIOFRÍO to its convergence with the RIO GENIL in Granada province, Spain.
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I lived in the countryside of Iznájar at that time and walked many walks with the walking group…
We walked it 8 March 2015 and it was about 8,5 km.
Photos are taken with my (late) Canon eos 550D and 18-135mm lens.
I will guide you through these photos as I follow the time stamps. So you can walk along with us and explore this area and things / details I show you 😊
Location of this walk on Google Maps, the star is where the 2 rivers meet each other.
We started in the town Venta de Santa Barbara.
The walking route:
Let’s start our walk, Enjoy ☺️
We leave the town at this bridge, we will not cross it and take the sand path on the right side of it by crossing the road.
We are passing a cement factory. Here you see also part of our walking group.
As we pass by the factory we can look into it as it is mainly open.
We pass by the resting areas of the workers… everything is rather dusty as you can see.
I find this iron sign with lettering.
It says plasters of Tigre.
As we are leaving the factory behind we are entering nature at its finest… the Andalusian countryside.
We are walking sandy paths here. Past rocks/ mountains.
And the River Frío is always along our way. RIOFRÍO.
In the distance we see these views 🤩 and the path we will walk, next to the rocks. The first photograph of this post is a zoomed in version of this photo with more details showing.
Following the path…
Here and there is a little shade what is welcoming as it is a bright morning in March.
The river is still with us, we will follow it all the way until it merges with the river GENIL. What is an interesting sight.
We pass by a little house, in the open balcony the owners are drying hot pimentos.
A little bit further we see that the river is getting wild.
Rocks and that the river is rather small here are creating this.
As we follow the sandy path further, big rocks are towering over us now, high on the mountain.
Our walking group, walking steady along 😎
If you look closely in the sky, you see vultures circling, looking for prey.
Our path goes up now more and more.
Next to us I find bushes with seeds.
Rock faces from the mountains we cross.
Sometimes we have to cross some obstacles. But the group is doing well 😁
See the river FRÍO is still with us, now below… crossing the valley.
As we go down on the other side we have these views 🥰
I find early spring flowers next to us in the grass. 🌸🌸
A sign… it means fishing grounds.
This walking route is not signposted btw. , but some of us had walked it before and know the way.
We are crossing a beautiful valley now. It’s much greener here and more trees are around us.
I find some details, I want to show you… as you may know by now… I love details 🥰😎
And these tree branches are suited perfectly for that.
Here you see some moss on large rocks next to us.
On the left side next to us we find this large field with yellow flowers, what is a pretty sight agains the beige colour of the mountain. Don’t you think?
The river is right of us and there is a little bridge we cross. Can you see it?
The dogs from our walking group are taking advantage of the cool water and are jumping in. This gives us the opportunity to rest a little.
The fun they have 🤩🤩🐶🐶
Are you still with me? You must be thinking where is the point that the rivers merge…
Don’t worry… we are almost there.
Stay with us. It is worth it 😊☀️
This tree caught my eye… it wanted to live forever in our picture and memory. 😉
Across the field a little bit further we see a large ruin.
There are no normal roads up here so we all know the reasons why it is a ruin now.
A little further again towering rocks above us.
And on the right the river is still streaming strong.
We are following it very closely now.
Lots of bright green vegetation on the river banks.
Let’s zoom in…
And just around the corner…
We see the RIOFRÍO and its convergence with the RIO GENIL.
We made it all the way out here.
See how different the two rivers are? Both have different colours, one is smooth and the other streams rough.
It’s an very interesting sight.
But don’t go yet… I have to show you a few more photos from our walk.
If you are not tired… let’s have a look around us a little bit more as we walk back.
Above us we see some spiralling clouds…
We decided to walk past the ruin on our way back, on the other side of that large field. Do you remember? 😊
Here we are getting closer to it. The dogs from some members of our group are having so much fun, running around.
We are at the ruin now.
Let’s have a closer look 👀
Doors and windows…
A few more details.
Forgotten times… if walls could talk.
Let’s walk further.
I see this tree that was lying in the grass. With a stunning backdrop.
After the field we walk along the river FRÍO again.
More little flowers and a butterfly 🦋
Our slightly different path back. We take a path through an area were the trees with blossoms are.
As we get closer to the little town again we find in this area, they planted some new trees… all neatly next to each other.
In the distance we see that bridge again, do you remember? 😁
The bridge…
We walk left into the town and have this view of this cute little town, with another bridge in the foreground.
And with this last photo of our walking group, I finish our walk and end my #WednesdayWalk and #Makemesmile… post. (Last photo taken by Melanie S.)
Hope you enjoyed my photographs of this beautiful walk in this part of the world 🤩 Granada province:
RIOFRíO and it’s convergence with RIO GENIL.
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Have a great Wednesday all 😎
Grtz Jackie
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