"I've got Cabin Fever - Get Me Outa Here!"

Don't try to tell me about cabin fever - ugh, though I am glad that someone has managed to get out :-). It looks like a nice walk in fine weather, Nariz, but I think that I might have tried for a bus to Treviso and walked down!

I love to live in the house in middle pic it will keep me fit walk up and down that lovely track Grate

What a wonderful place. Pitty it wasn't better weather though. Maybe you'll go again.

Goodness me Nariz, it looks a beautiful place and very treacherous. Hope you are feeling better now. Thanks for sharing your walk.

what a lovely walk, thanks Nariz ~ you've got clear roads??
that gentian is gorgeous

Love the clear colour of the water. My dogs might like that cabin!

Lovely blog and photos, pleased you enjoyed getting out in the fresh air.

Wow that looks steep! lovely scenery even in winter, can't get over the colour of the water.

What a great place to explore! Splendid photos and I got a real feel of the place. If there were a nice chair lift all the way up and down I could join you, as it is I am still confined to barracks although I did venture out this morning to feed the birds as Roy fell asleep on the sofa after all the excitement with the power cut. I forgot to cover my mouth and breathed in the cold air -8C. I have a wheezy chest now!
My Gentian has keeled over.

Glad you can revive yourself at the top on better days, it looks quite a climb, but I'm sure the idea of that hot chocolate speeded your descent. Looks fantastic!!
Merry Christmas.

What views, even in the rain! Lovely to see a gentian in its 'real' home, too.

Happy Christmas to you...take care. :-)

Thanks Nariz, its great to see where you go on your walks, don`t think I`d make a climb like that unless the sun was shining and it was dry underfoot. Lovely photo`s......
Merry Christmas.....

Your blog brings back nostalgic memories of my years in Spain!

The river Júcar in the high Sierra de Cuenca looks just like the river you photographed! Even the winding path is similar to some I know of in Cuenca! I could post several photos that would look very similar to yours - even to the point of lone, lost houses! I can't replicate you Gentian though! :-((

I miss that scenery though I'm not as young as I used to be & no longer would be able to climb those paths! I only have to us a a few stairs once a month, when I go to get my monthly prescription from the pharmacy - I could even avoid those if I really wanted to!

Happy Christmas.

Thanks everyone for all your comments.
Bulbaholic - you'd wait a very long time for that bus to Treviso - like centuries!
Hywel - it IS nicer in better weather and we WILL go again.
Stickitoffee - Yes, we've got clear roads. We haven't had the constant snow like poor old Britain. Just an inch or two a couple of weeks ago and snow on the high peaks.
SimplyLyn - if you were to stay in this region there is a cable car at Fuente De, 15 minutes' drive further on from our little town, that will whisk you 3,000 ft up into the mountains and a cosy bar at the top. The immediate tracks from the cable car are mostly flat and easy to negotiate. Worth a try?
Balcony -I'm sure you'd love it - just as I would love Cuenca. I WILL get there one day! And what's this about 'not as young .....'!! I'm 67 years young and, even though I'm slower than I used to be, I STILL get up there by sheer b***y-mindedness and will continue to do so. Go on - give a mountain a try!
Happy Christmas everyone! :o)))

Thanks Nariz, for taking us with you on your walk, and definitely encouraging to know there was a bar at the top! (Don't the Spaniards do such things well? :) ) Amazing house on the cliffs (I'd feel dizzy living there, but what a view), and how GORGEOUS to see Gentians in December.

Hi Sheila. Bulbaholic has put me right on the faux-gentian - it's a Lithodora. I just saw bright blue, trumpet shape, and thought 'Gentian!' Now I know the correct identification. And you're right! The Spaniards do that sort of thing soooooo well! I just love the bars everywhere where you can have an alcoholic drink at 9.30 am if you want one (I hasten to add - I don't!) I know people elsewhere THINK they are making coffee, but I'm now addicted to Spanish coffee and don't ever bother to drink the poor copy when I'm in Britain. I'm definitely a Spanish wannabe! :o))

"you can have an alcoholic drink at 9.30 am if you want one"

When I lived in Madrid, back in 1975-6, my workmate & I would often go to a bar close to the workshop we were based at before going onto our place of work for the day.

We were glaziers & often had to travel all over Madrid putting glass in windows of new buildings or doing reforms in peoples' houses. But we had to report to the workshop every morning to get our "Marching orders" for the day. About 8.30am we would have "breakfast" at the bar & my workmate would always have a glass of brandy! As I don't drink, most of the time, I never joined him.

I always had a couple of glasses of wine with my midday meal but then I didn't have anything else.

Great times, Balcony! I just love the 'laid back' attitude here without the constant hassle of the Health & Safety bods telling us what we should and shouldn't be doing! Life here is just based on common sense and a feel for the seasons and I've NEVER seen a drunken Spaniard in all the years I've been holidaying in this region or in the 4.5 years I've been living here. Everyone is in charge of themselves and deals with his/her life accordingly. During the last few years the Government decided that smoking in bars etc. should be regulated so what happened? EVERY bar/hotel/hostal/posada put up a notice saying that smoking was permitted in their premises and people just carry on enjoying a ciggy with their cana. 'Life is for living' is my philosophy! :o)

I noticed the signs when I was in Cuenca last Christmas! Most surprising! But I agree with you about the laid back attitude of the Spanish, they enjoy life much more than we do here! It's one of the things I miss about Cuenca!

This coalition government wants to abolish the "nanny state" attitude & get rid of all the "cotton wool" that's suffocating us! It wants us to go back to using common sense & everybody to be responsible for their own actions.

Responsible for their own actions, here here I would drink to that