We took a bus to Tijarafe and walked down the old path through the Barranco Jorabo to El Jesus.
To town of Tijarafe , like many of the towns had wonderful buildings,mainly around the church.
We came across this place with a cage and a cross and both wished we hadn't watched
' Being Human'.
The descent down into the barranco was steep but you are either walking up hill or down on this island.
The flowers were beautiful and although there is commonality between islands, each island has its own outstanding 'beauties'.
There were no photographs taken between these two sites as we had to walk under the rock face ......with warning signs of falling rocks, so I didn't hang around and they all came out blurred.
At the end of the walk we found an Artisan Brewery. I felt I needed to carry out a taste comparison of the beers locally brewed! Blonde bitter won.
Going into Los Llanos sourcing materials and in particular finding bolts for the 'essential wooden boat builder's tool', a hollow screw with a grease nipple, was a challenge! But well provided for with Ferriteria's and machine shops. We bought the screws ans had them drilled out.
Now all we need is white lead putty.....not available in the Canary Islands! Then we can stop the water ingress.
Everywhere around this island are bananas squeezed into any spot of land without a building!
Los Llanos is a pretty town and we usually take the opportunity to walk down hill, back to the boat.
I think I am the source of some despair......I know where I want to go and usually we get there but I cant always give precise detail on how to get there! Mainly because my Spanish isn't up it!
We took several buses to El Paso, well just beyond and got off at the Vistor's centre of the Caldera de Taburiente.
There are several really interesting boards with details of walks around the Caldera de Taburiente and the flora, fauna and geological formation of the Caldera. We now have to seriously plan our walks into the National Park......not just turn up.
We walked from the centre back down to El Paso, avoiding the roads where possible. The path took us past a field of bulls, so Tristan was instructed to avoid eye contact!
The path took us down to an area known as Fondo de la Laguna (the bottom of the lake). From here you could see the ridge that divided the north from the south of the island, the Cumbre Nueva, and to the south the Cumbre Vieja which is the site of the most recent volcanic activity.
The Eucalyptus smelt wonderful reminded me of sailing into Bayona.
In one of the villages we came across the trough of Las Canales which was used for watering cattle. We had run out of water and were desperate to fill out water bottles but the sign was 'not potable' so we decided not to risk it this time......it looked a bit green.
The villages are beautiful, picture postcard houses and Fincas with all manner of fruits and vegetables being grown.
We found an abandoned water channel for a picnic, with stunning views.
A tranquil setting disturbed only by the scrapping of two lizards who very viscous with each other and came too close for comfort.
The winner stood his ground proud but alert.
