Madeira - A mountain walk
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:33 pm
Not perhaps what one associates with going to Madeira but this walk high in the mountains can be done in shorts despite the height you are walking at. Starting at Pico do Ariero at 1818M going to Pico Ruivo at 1862M There are a number of ups and downs along the way making it fairly strenuous (550 M of Ascents and descents of around 700M) made worse this year by a landslide which meant a detour adding a further 400M of ascents and descents.
We started off in the clouds but the weather steadily improved
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It was perhaps good we couldn't see the drops here!
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One of the tunnels the route uses, it is hard to imagine but this was one of the main footways across the island for several hundred years!
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Its when you look back and realise where you have just walked around on barely visible paths!
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This is the landslide that caused our detour, they are apparently going to fix the original path but not sure when!
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Then its an easy descent to the pick up point and a welcome beer, it was more strenuous than we thought it would be and I was delighted it had been Liz's idea not mine!!
We started off in the clouds but the weather steadily improved
081 by charliepridham, on Flickr082 by charliepridham, on FlickrIt was perhaps good we couldn't see the drops here!
083 by charliepridham, on Flickr084 by charliepridham, on Flickr085 by charliepridham, on Flickr086 by charliepridham, on Flickr087 by charliepridham, on Flickr088 by charliepridham, on Flickr089 by charliepridham, on Flickr090 by charliepridham, on Flickr091 by charliepridham, on Flickr092 by charliepridham, on Flickr093 by charliepridham, on FlickrOne of the tunnels the route uses, it is hard to imagine but this was one of the main footways across the island for several hundred years!
094 by charliepridham, on Flickr095 by charliepridham, on Flickr096 by charliepridham, on Flickr097 by charliepridham, on FlickrIts when you look back and realise where you have just walked around on barely visible paths!
098 by charliepridham, on Flickr099 by charliepridham, on FlickrThis is the landslide that caused our detour, they are apparently going to fix the original path but not sure when!
100 by charliepridham, on Flickr101 by charliepridham, on FlickrThen its an easy descent to the pick up point and a welcome beer, it was more strenuous than we thought it would be and I was delighted it had been Liz's idea not mine!!