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Meet the winter ....

I love that expression of eighteenth century English, "meet with the station," which refers to the traditional ways that rural people about to put his body and his soul following in your daily routine, rhythm the natural world: autumn, sow summer, harvest, winter stand still ... the day was for the activity, the night to rest.

In January, after breakfast it is still dark. Before dinner, it's dark. The cold mornings, gray, wet and muddy make this look like the longest month of the year .... At five in the afternoon, the curtains are drawn and the lamps lit and the fire crackling in the stove. The winter nights are long and dark, with a blackness that you have not seen before unless you've raised in the countryside ....

One of the good things about winter.

But in the city's power allows us to easily erase the boundaries between day and night and between winter and summer. Not "comply" with nothing but our daily frenzy of being on time at our jobs, filling the fridge, dealing with our schedules and obligations and not be too physically and emotionally exhausted at night.

Maybe we should stop a moment to "look at the winter with winter eyes" (Winter Eyes, saying the British) and rediscover the delights of January: friendly fires of fragrant woods, a cup of hot chocolate, fresh air, cheeked by cold, winter walks in the countryside, a fascinating read .... waiting just around the end of the January the first month of the year, represents those first notes, such as an orchestra tuning instruments before the start of the concert.

One thing is clear: the people of this small matter trail leads to the end ...! It can be
freezing, pouring rain, hailing, snowing ,..... off we're going to try to drop the planned route as it falls. Of course, to "watch the eyes winter winter" no one can beat us.

Güéjar Sierra, our starting point.

Just as last week they fell on a good snowfall in full swing and yet, in a display infinity (and earlier!) Of courage and knowledge to be completed the trek montañeril Nevertheless, today we apencado with temperatures so low that they have cowed to an Eskimo.

a Sunday again, our intrepid group Shining Path has returned to challenge boldly to the weather, going up those icy sidewalks very well equipped with coats, gloves, hats and other paraphernalia.

This is what we like ...!

We have crossed the graceful and dignified people under the astonished gaze of the few locals who were in the street, and we looked like a bunch of bored with too much time and too little fear of flu, and finished the route without more problems than some faces and hands were petrified by the cold ... so much so that the stop "official" food only lasted a few minutes!

Eating "official" in the Source of Brown.

(I think at this point perhaps, and to be honest, I should mention the stop "off" ... in a tavern halfway through the trip, where we have lingered for a while before a great range wood, some beers, some of the country copillas wort and a crumb saucers that were warm in death.)

Food "unofficial" in the restaurant " Purche. "

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From the mountain village of Sierra Güéjar to Granada capital, through the Castillejo, has been a rutilla about 20 kms and approximately 5 hours of walking .....
(Not bad, considering that it's January ...)

El Castillejo, ruins of an Arab minifortaleza.

Our blight has been also irreplaceable, but today have not been needed their "services": the path loss was not possible ...!

Blight peering serene horizon, knowing his worth.

Two members of the club

walker "Rompebotas" have joined us today, and come with us more often from now. Welcome!

These pictures are JJPadial, Pepe Montenegro, Victoria and our newly released Manjón Antonio.
Antonio has some very interesting albums on the page of "Rompebotas" see "the pictures of the Rompebotas" and then to "the pictures of Mary and Anthony."

Before closing the entry I would like to have a memory for the composer John Barry, who died today at age 77. Some may not sound the name, but surely if you listen to his music instantly recognize them .... that's the magic of this universal language. The ipod
the right side you have what could be the "soundtrack" of this post, is the music that became known to most: the main theme of the movie "Out of Africa".
John Barry and is immortal ...!