At the edge of the town we made the decision to continue towards the countryside rather than turn right and climb the steep hill to the church. It was the "shade-less" option, but much less steep.
The route takes you out passed the olive processing factory. At his time of year the factory is quiet and the smoke from the chimneys has long gone. We followed a man walking along the prepared ash felt route and cyclists and runners passed us going in both directions.
It is a long path. After walking a while we passed a sign advertising the 22km point of the "green route". Not too encouraging but our man, an older gentleman, was still striding out so we took confidence in his confidence!
The path twists and turns so it was hard to see its final destination. We passed a stone bridge and a country road that crossed our path giving access to 4 houses.
21.5km point. Then the 21km point and no end in sight. By now some people had turned round and were returning. At the last, we lost sight of our man and since the path was visible for a long distance, we surmised that he had turned in somewhere. We had walked for an hour, our pre-decided limit, so we too turned back.
Soon we were with lots of groups returning to Martos. The sun going down offered a good photo opportunity and the other photo may give you an idea of the road and people. We arrived back at the hotel feeling like we had earned our nightcap. We explained our walk to the hostess. "Why?" She asked but it was too hard to reply with the English "because".
Cordialement
Terry
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