This walk starts from
Abdet village. From the small play area at the far
end of Calle Arriba walk down past the left side
of Bar Mary. Here the narrow road splits. The right
junction would take you down to the valley bottom
(a very pleasant way to walk to Guadalest). We take
the narrow left junction past a rather untidy area
of building rubbish.
Follow the narrow track along to the
old wash house (Lavadero). This is in a sad state
of repair. It would have been the focal point of
the village in the middle part of the last century.
Throughout most of the year you will see some very
large tadpoles (actually toadpoles) in the water.
Continue along the track until just
past a large house a narrow footpath heads of on
the left. This will lead you along a narrow path
on the edge of a taerrace to the old mill "molino
viejo".
First however continue along the main track (ignoring a track junction on the
right) until a farm building comes into view. Behind
it you will see an impressive canyon. The track narrows
into a footpath on the edge of the barranco and drops
to the left. You need to take the first possible
path back right (just before a no camping sign).
This leads you onto a small terrace with fig and
almond trees and at the far end of this you need
to scramble down carefully on a rocky slope to the
rock pools of the Barranco. The bigger pools are
about 2.5 metres deep, and the best way to get in
is to jump!
Once you are ready head back to the
old mill path. The mill building is very overgrown,
but if you have a torch, or a camera with a flash
you will be able to make out the impeller wheels
that drove the grind stones. 50 years ago the valley
grew lots of wheat, so a mill like this would have
been very busy. Abdet with it's reliable source of
water was an ideal location. On someof the other
walks (eg Serella Castle) you will see threshing
circles "eras" where the wheat was seperated.
Carrying on past the old mill you get
great views over the barranco as you pass through
well tended terraces. You follow an irrigation stream
(acecia) as far as a narrow road. Turn left here and
you head back to the village. You can take the top
road when you reach the village, this gives you good
views over the roof tops, and there are some impressive
boulders above the road. The ancient truck lies at
the the roadside at the next junction. It is possible
to take a rather rough short cut down to the left
here. Other wise carry one down the road and turn
left again back into the village. |
