Sunday Sunrise

Was up early this morning. No Sunday morning lie-in for me. An early morning stroll above the village. The sun was just rising over the Sierra de Contraviesa. It's going to be another warm one...... hey ho.

Factoid: La Alpujarra. The Alpujarra is a range of mountains and valleys of outstanding natural beauty and ecological diversity with a long historic past, (the most influential being the occupation by the Moors some 700 years ago).

Dominated by the Sierra Nevada mountain Range with its highest peak (the Mulhacen) reaching 3,482m above sea level, the Alpujarras stretch down to the coastal ranges of the Sierra de Lujar, the Sierra de Contraviesa, and touching the Sierra de Gador to the East and finish on the Mediterranean coastline.

In the mountains the air is the cleanest in Europe and, because of the altitude, the heat in mid-summer is not as oppressive as it can be on the coast.

This area is also a paradise for walking and trekking with a myriad of footpaths snaking their way through the Sierra Nevada, overnight stops too, are possible with the refuges dotted along the way.