Collected another car today and the whole team came out to El Molar, the other side of the road from our training on Thursday. Similar middle distance terrain, I am feeling very used to it now, not just suprised and overwhelmed by the Mars-like terrain. Simon set a control picking and route choice exercise through the patchy green vegetation. Today was good compass bearing practise. There were many new tracks so it made for confidence practise in trusting yourself and using contours.
To this map we drive past Santa Pola and the middle and relay areas as well as through the middle of a huge estuary which is now used for making salt. It was a suprise to see flamingos feeding in the ponds (-:
Moved to the official accomodation after lunch. We are in a big blue hostel building out of the university campus. Half the teams are here including Swiss,and other half are at Villa Universitariet, where the organisers are about 15min walk in the sweaty sun away.
Food is provided here so we are sorted, but dreaded the 10min walk in hot sun the first few times, trying to step between shade of the palms(-:
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