Spain (Malaga) - 6: Algodonales (no flight)

Already a few days ago Rolfito (www.andalusien-erleben.com/) had offered to drive me to Algodonales on Friday. In 'Algo' (as we call it) it's quite a drive from the village/ LZ to the TO's, so it's preferable to have a driver, even though it would possible to top land in the right conditions. 
On the way there we passed the 'Sierra de Aguas' and the 'Sierra de la Nieve' and crossed over the 'Puerta dos Ventos' (1190m/asl)

Puerta dos Ventos: looking West towards Ronda

Puerta dos Ventos: looking East towards la Capilla (in background)

In Algo we found lots of pilots on the east TO waiting for conditions to turn on.

But the wind slowly turned south and then south-west. So instead of waiting on the SW-TO, we drove into Algo to have a short lunch.

Church in Algodonales

About 2 hours later we saw some gliders flying and drove back up to launch again, but unfortunately (or luckily), the wind speed in the mean time had increased beyond my launch capabilities. After watching the other pilots flying for a few moments we realized quickly, that also in the air the wind had become very strong, that some of them were not penetrating at all anymore (if not flying backwards) and that they were trying to get down... 

So we started heading back towards Abdalajis. On the way we stopped at Setenil, a very typical Andalusian village with its narrow alleys.

Setenil

A unique feature here are the 'cave restaurants/ shops' digged into the overhang.

Setenil: "Cuevas del sol y de la Ombra"