Decisions, decisions

The heavy rain on 10 December raised the question of what to do the following day?  We had planned to do the leg from Yagur to Nahal Oren, but that involves a steep climb from Yagur to Rom Carmel – a climb that Rafi’s book strongly advised should not be attempted after (or during) heavy rain.  We alread had experience of how slippery muddy boots could be on wet rock and so after a discussion we decided to skip that stage and to tackle the one in his book for the dayafter  – from Nahal Oren to Route 70 between Furadeis and Zichron Yaakov instead.

We also put in our diaries a couple of extra walking days in April and agreed to fill in the missing leg either on our walk in early March (weather permitting) or in April.  This seems eminently manageable as we are walking ever closer to Ronnie’s and my homes where we plan to stay for the next two trips.

Unfortunately, things still did not go as planned…