It's been far too long since I viewed the Sierras from our highest peak here in Grazalema and as we have a friend from Canada visiting us I thought it would be a good excuse for me to take a day off the computer to show her the view from the top of our particular world...The walk of Torreon takes about 5 or 6 hours there and back depending, of course, on how long you stay at the top. It is a steep incline to the summit of 1654 metres which can take around 2.5 to 3 hours to trudge. Over to Sacia for her thoughts and observations :)

Torreon adventure story! by Sacia Burton.....
"Ooh, STOP! I want to get out and take a picture... please?"
Clive, my friend and nature guide for the day, shrugged and pulled to the shoulder of the road; I had cause to be excited -- we had just turned the corner on our way to Torreon and the Puerto de Boyar Mirador, or "golden view",  and spectacular views of endless mountains dispersed between verdant valleys lay before us. I hopped out of the car, camera in hand, and snapped a few shots of mountain tips peaking up through morning mist. I am diligently not a morning person, so with such enthusiasm early in the day (early being any time before 11 a.m.) I was surprising even myself. Torreon, the highest peak in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, standing at 1654 metres, was to be my first mountain hiking/climbing experience here. As it turned out, my early morning enthusiasm wasn't the only thing that surprised me that day.