Benigembla 06.03.2011 and Font Salada later

Dearest Friends walking with Dogs,

This coming Sunday 06.03.2011, you will walk with Dave in Benigembla. You will meet at 10.00 at the bar Bonaire (good air). You will find the bar when, coming from the direction of Jalón, you arrive at the first roundabout, you drive on over the sleeping policemen and a bit further you will see the bar on the corner at your right hand side. Dave will take you along for a very beautiful walk with only a few slopes, that will take a bit less than 2 hours.
While you are walking I will be on a course in Madrid preparing for my next exam in empty hand art, also called kara-te (= empty hand).

But look at the message I received from our lady friend Jeni.

Queridas/os amigas/os,

La semana que viene me voy otra vez a Madrid por un curso del maestro Miguel Gomez.
Dave estará vuestro guia durante una caminata en Benigembla de casi dos horas. El punto de encuentro al dia 06.03.2011 a las 10.00 de la mañana es el bar Bonaire en Benigembla. Hay que tener en cuenta que tienes que subir unas cuestas antes de poder bajar.
¿Y por después?
Pues, he recibido un mensaje de nuestra amiga Jeni y vamos a preparar una caminata cerca de la FONT SALADA en el marjal de Pego.

Hasta pronto.
Bruno


Hello Bruno,
Instead of languishing in bed this morning, Miyou and I got up early and went off to Font Salada in search of a new walk and we are pleased to tell you that we’ve found one, carefully checked out including sampling of coffee and bocadillos
It’s in the Pego wetlands, where we searched once before but couldn’t find.
I parked up at Font Salada (plenty of parking), where the little café bar is and headed out alongside the café, crossed an interesting weir over the water and found a loop which took about 1.5 hrs ending back at the café. It’s on the flat and goes through the national wetland park alongside rivers and irrigation canals, only 2 cars passed us during the walk. Lots of wild birds and only 3 pine trees (including a peacock near the café).
The only difficulty I can see is that coming in on the N332 from the direction of Denia there is no left turn into Font Salada, which means having to drive a little further toward Oliva and coming off at the poligono, under the carretera and back toward Denia, so that you can then turn in on the right
Would you like me to show you the circuit or do you trust me to add it to your portfolio?? Perhaps we could do it in the next couple of weeks

Jeni x