Our friends Dave and Sue, who run walking holidays, invited us to go on one of their walks to keep their paying guests company. Above Robert, Sue, Jan and Me
The Green Horse walk starts in the pretty little Spanish village of Benimaurell, a few miles inland from Parcent.
Not sure why the mountain is called The Green Horse, its neither green nor does it look like a horse. However this name is easier to remember than the proper Spanish name of Cavall Verde
The walk was led by Charles Pye, who also leads walks with CBMW. He knows the area very well, and kept us interested with titbits of local history as we walked the ridge.
In 1609 a great battle was fought on this ridge between the troops of the Spanish king and the last remnants of the Moorish occupation. The Moors lost and were deported to Africa from the nearby port of Denia.
The name El Caballo Verde is based on a mystical Moorish knight who was said to ride from the mountain on a green charger to drive out the Christians. We did not see anything of him, but we did see lots of magnificent views of the surrounding mountains and to the coast.
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