Monday Morning Photo - Mountain Refuge Hut, Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas

Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a Facebook page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...

With the much needed quantity of rain in March and constant snow on the distant mountains my thoughts returned to my trip to the largest national park in Spain - Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas. A 4x4 guided trip took us up to the high plains, where the June temperatures plummeted dramatically the higher we got.

Mountain refuge huts, such as this one in Campos de Hernan Perea, play vital roles when weather conditions change rapidly as they are tend to do at heights of around 1,600mts. I was not wishing to be there in the recent weeks.