Rock Around The Coast

My walk today was in the area of Aguila Playa. As you know the Canary Islands are Volcanic and it can be seen very easily in this area where the sand is grey or even blackish in some parts.The beaches are stony  and flanked by enormous rock formations.  I find it interesting to look at the varied shapes and sizes and the rocks create cosy areas of visual interest.There are beaches all along this coast which you can walk along when the tide is out but in some places the rocks jutt too far out making natural 'room' dividers and creating little coves. This is when you are forced to take a longer route on to one of the pathways.

Aguila Playa beach

The tide is going out.

Vegetation grows where ever it can, sprouting out of rock faces.

A path that leads to San Agustin. Apartments along here have fabulous views.

I sometimes like to pause and hunt for an unusual stone, there are certainly plenty of them. Imaginative people have converted a stone into a house 'name plate' by painting a design and putting their name on it. They make a colourful addition next to the front door.

There are apartments dotted all along the coast, some closer to the sea than others, here you can see the pathway that runs along the top. On a Sunday the beaches are full of local people, they bring their sunchairs and umberellas, ice boxes and picnics and stay the whole day and have a lovely relaxing time.

The old worn out steps go up and round this big rugged cliff. At the top you arrive to San Agustin where you can go down the hill (a slightly better option that going up) and on to San Agustin beach. This is where my journey ends today, I could walk up them, not that I am a coward or anything, but time is short so I think I will just turn round and head back the way I came. I will attempt the steps another day when my legs don't feel like jelly.