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File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-20.jpg|The rest of the ascension is then a piece of cake. | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-20.jpg|The rest of the ascension is then a piece of cake. | ||
File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-18.jpg|Who forgot their key in such a place? | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-18.jpg|Who forgot their key in such a place? | ||
− | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-19.jpg|The ''bola del mundo'', in the full details of what we can hardly | + | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-19.jpg|The ''bola del mundo'', in the full details of what we can hardly make out from [[montecito|home]]. |
File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-24.jpg|With its rocket-looking antennas, hence the name. | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-24.jpg|With its rocket-looking antennas, hence the name. | ||
File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-23.jpg|Elena found the best observation spot. | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-23.jpg|Elena found the best observation spot. | ||
− | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-10.jpg|Some views from the top: the bit of the mountain recognizable from our ''Fuente de la Campanilla'' expedition. | + | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-10.jpg|Some views from the top: the bit of the mountain recognizable from our [[Sierra_de_Madrid#Fuente_de_la_Campanilla|''Fuente de la Campanilla'' expedition]]. |
− | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-21.jpg|The Pedriza, with the Yelmo on the right. | + | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-21.jpg|The Pedriza, with the [[Sierra_de_Madrid#The_Yelmo|Yelmo]] on the right, and the [[Sierra_de_Madrid#El_Cerro_de_San_Pedro|Cerro de San Pedro]] in the background. |
File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-25.jpg|A bit of ''la Maliciosa'' (we think). | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-25.jpg|A bit of ''la Maliciosa'' (we think). | ||
− | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-22.jpg|A rare view: [[Manzanares el Real]], [[ | + | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-22.jpg|A rare view: [[Manzanares el Real]], [[Colmenar Viejo]], [[Tres Cantos]] and [[Madrid]] all lined up. |
File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-26.jpg|Julia exploring the top of the "World's ball", fully equipped with her little bag and binoculars. | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-26.jpg|Julia exploring the top of the "World's ball", fully equipped with her little bag and binoculars. | ||
File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-27.jpg|And maybe coming to some conclusions about it. | File:Bola-del-mundo-26Aug18-27.jpg|And maybe coming to some conclusions about it. |
This is a list of our walks in the Sierra de Madrid. You can download the GPX data for all these walks together.
On 3 June (2012) with Elena's parents.
The fountain of the bell lies in the woods of Navacerrada in the Sierra de Madrid. It has a bell which people ring before drinking the icy cold water from the mountains.
It turned out to be the last walk of Onyx, our terrier, who passed away one month and one week later. As one can see from these pictures, although 14 years old and a half, he remained healthy till the end, in fact, till the very last day.
The Cerro de San Pedro is a landmark of the Sierra de Madrid, as it stands alone from the rest of the chain of mountains from the Sistema Central. Its small height and spread out distribution makes it an easy hike. It affords splendid views of the north of Madrid, being so close, and of the rest of the Sierra, around it. After hiking it, we passed by Guadalix de la Sierra and Soto del Real.
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With Manzanares el Real in background, and its pantano, it's actually a lot of water.
Here a palette from desert sand, that is actually reddish, and certainly all the variations of chartreuse.
On 13 October (2013), with Tizón.
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On 27 October (2013), with Elena's parents and Tizón.
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The third route was the first from a book of scenic routes in the Sierra, bought by Elena en marge of a manifestation in Madrid, and the first with Inma & Julio. We quickly realized that it would bring us to the Chorrera de Mojonavalle which we had visited back in July 2008 with Daniele and where I almost killed myself, slipping while climbing the waterfall (?!) The choice of a wood was motivated by Autumn, and we headed for this popular location where birch trees (abedules) mix with pine trees. It had rained a lot the previous days, and many mushrooms enthusiasts were passing by with full baskets. So abundant were the Boletus edulis that we also found enough ourselves for the supper. Another unexpected encounter was with the Spanish celebrity Dani Mateo who was enjoying family moments hiding in a cap that could not however also conceal his peculiar voice (and who tried to climb the waterfall in very much the same foolish and dangerous way I did in 2008).
On top of the Perdiguera.
On 1 November (2013). With Elena's parents and Tizón.
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On 7 December (2013). With Tizón.
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La Pedriza, as seen from Manzanares el Real.
The Manzanares (river) carving the Pedriza, on its way through the village (el Real) towards Madrid.
One specimen of the abundant Spanish ibex populating the area.
On 20 March (2014). With Carlos Sanchez, Blanca Silva, Juan Pablo Restrepo, Guillermo Guirales, Camilo López-Carreño, William Júnio Lima, David Colas, Dmitrii Vishnevskii, his wife Irina and their friend Olga, and of course, Tizón.
Love (cf. "Love").
The Geek (cf. "The Clown")
On 17 May (2015), with Julia and Tizón.
It had been a long time, well over a year, since our last hike in the Sierra de Madrid, due to our Madrilean year. To get it on track again, we returned to the Cerro de San Pedro, which is an outstanding hike with a terrific view of a good portion of the Comunidad de Madrid. It is also our opening walk of this series, and we went the both of us. This time, we were accompanied by Julia and our little dog.
On 17 January (2016), we went with Isabel and Camilo (also with Elena's parents, Tizón, ourselves and Julia) to the mountains, with a specific aim: to meet the snow, a first time for Isabel & Camilo (Julia got close enough in Auvergne in March (2015) but this basically was a first experience for her too as she was so tiny earlier; in fact she still has occasions to discover the snow for the first time!). There has been little snow in Europe this year, so we had to go a bit far, to the frontier of the Comunidad de Madrid, at its meeting point with Castilla y León.
Cette boule de neige, était une boule de neige. [1]
Julia, 17 of January 2016.
Isabel, facing North.
Camilo, courting a tree.
Elena in the seriously frozen part.
On 18 June (2016), with Elena's parents and Tizon, we went to the mountain that sits behind the Cabrera, of which it affords a splendid, if not unfamiliar, view. It is largely forgotten from tourists and hikers so that you can enjoy a peaceful stroll among cows wandering freely and, in our case, even a flock of goats guarded by two half-savage dogs who galloped towards us as we reached the top. This reached a moment of extreme tension as they chased Tizon and captured him for a few seconds of extreme shock as it wasn't clear if they were not going after his life. Despite the horror, me jumping onto the dog (harming my leg in the way), Inma's shouting in shock, it so appeared they wanted to play with him as he was unharmed (he got the scare of his life and the moaning he made when he got caught, unable to escape the much faster dogs, appeared to all of us as that of a prey being murdered). Thankfully, all went well and we could complete the tour with only a good fright.
On 12 October (2017), with Elena's parents and Tizon, Elena and Julia (without Fabrice) went to Hoyo de Manzanares to do the circular walk of Cruz del Pan. It took them around 3-4 hours because Julia was walking around 50% of the track.
and Titi
On 26 August (2018), with Camilo.
It's actually one of the highest paved roads in Europe!?
Navacerrada is a place usually replete with snow, but of course not in August.
On one side, the tree-covered cool and well irrigated mountains of Castilla-Léon.
On the other side, the arid, rocky, burning mountains of the Comunidad de Madrid.
The bola del mundo, in the full details of what we can hardly make out from home.
Some views from the top: the bit of the mountain recognizable from our Fuente de la Campanilla expedition.
The Pedriza, with the Yelmo on the right, and the Cerro de San Pedro in the background.
A rare view: Manzanares el Real, Colmenar Viejo, Tres Cantos and Madrid all lined up.
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