Now in El Berro in the Sierra Espuna in the Murcia region having good weather inspite of being 650 m up in the Sierras. It is a pleasant campsite with good views and not as busy as the coastal sites that we’ve been. The village is pleasant with two bakers, a small supermarket and bars and there are lots of walks in the vicinity. We’ve done three walks locally, one with Brian into the mountains to La Perdiz and the ridge up to Morron Chico (1444 m) and route along Barranco de Leyva, and two others with us all going through almond groves onto a ridge with views to the north and another longer walk to some sandstone cliffs (Golden Eagles nest in this area) which was beautiful but did involve a long road walk back to the campsite. We have not seen much wildlife inspite of the park making something of the wildboer and squirrel populations as attractions. We have seen lots of signs of the boer rutting in the forest and no wild goats either (not to mention Golden Eagles). A few small birds such as Siskin are around but not many so maybe the lack of water in the region limits the numbers. There are no rivers only dry river beds and we understand the water table has dropped so that rivers that did flow have now vanished. The weather prediction is still good for the next few days so we’ll probably stop on a while and enjoy it whilst we can, even thinking of getting the bikes out to see how we fair on the hills hereabout.