Gran Canaria Adventure - Day 6

San Bartolome de Tirajana

As I opened the front door I noticed our visitor from last night was still there waiting for us outside. We thought she may be there when we returned so decided to try to find some cat food incase she was hungry.

Our plan for today was to walk North up to San Bartolome de Tirajana. The distance was about 4 miles and it should take just under 2 hours getting us there in time for some lunch. Before setting off we had a sandwich and coffee from the cafe next to the petrol station. 

We also called by the bakery in Fataga to pick up some coconut cakes for the journey. Very tasty indeed but we preffered the almond cookies.

We spent the first part of the journey walking along the G60 road, but at the first opportunity we took a hiking trail. Quite steep in places but much safer than walking along the edge of the busy main road.

The scenery along the trails was beautiful, some quite steep drops along the edge though so we had to walk carefully in places.

The trail led us back onto the G60, we were now just 1km away from San Bartolome de Tirajana.

Finally the village was in sight!

This church caught our eye on the edge of the village. It was closed but we admired it from outside and visited the cemetary located behind the church.

We didn't really know which direction to go in so we just followed our noses around the village. Some beautiful houses to be found along the way and hardly any people seemed to be about making it a joy to walk around.

Eventually we reached the main street with a few shops and restaurants. Definitely time for some lunch I was thinking.

Most of the other customers at this restaurant seemed to be cyclists taking a well deserved lunch break. We had wanted to hire bikes at some point during the trip. The flatter terrain along the coast would have appealed more to me than the steep mountain roads though.
Anyway, the sun was beating down and we sat back with an ice cold beer.

True to form my wife ordered some tomatoes which along with mushrooms and chillies are her favourite food. She also ordered a tortilla which arrived later, I didn't take a pic though which is unusual for me.

I ordered calamari which came with a couple of Canarian potatoes and some salad. Pretty damn tasty and and the perfect fuel needed for the trek back down to Fataga.

The walk back was much easier with it being downhill the entire way. Back at the cottage my wife read on the sun lounger whilst I checked up on news in the hammock. I'd noticed that many airlines had cancelled flights to and from the UK this weekend due to Storm Ciara. Had we decided to plan our trip a week later than we had it would have probably all gone tits up. I did start to wonder about our flight back next week but we still had 4 days on the island so I tried not to worry about it.

This evening we had planned on eating at Restaurante Albaricoque with the wonderful outside terrace. We hadn't realised it would be closed for a private party though so another plan was needed. Our plan B was Fataga Grill slightly further along the main street.

My wife ordered a vegetable pizza and I went for the house lasagna with cheesy garlic bread which was excellent. The chef here was really friendly, his name was Tony and he was clearly very proud of his food and enjoyed his work. We sat outside the front of the restaurant in the warm air next to a giant plastic cow, it was quite a nice spot.

Before leaving Tony gave us an aperitif on the house before leaving. Then we ventured back to the cottage where my wife read whilst I sipped some wine. There was no sign of Lucy the cat though and we'd bought her a tin of sardines. 

Just a quick reminder to myself for future reference. As I write this on 13/4/20 over 10000 people in the UK have now died of Coronavirus. We're in our 4th week of restrictions with all but essential businesses remaining closed. Some restaurants are resorting to delivery services to survive and supermarkets have strict restrictions on the numbers that can enter at any one time. I continue to work occasional shifts but don't know from day to day when I'll be called upon and being outside the house feels really risky at the moment. Today is Easter Bank Holiday Monday but quite frankly every day feels exactly the same at the moment.

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Day 7 - South towards the Camel Park