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A goat farm is reached on a stony gap at Loma Pico de la Aceituna, at 414m (1358ft). Two mapboards and two signposts stand to the right. The PR LZ 10-11 heads left, but almost immediately turns right. The PR LZ 09 heads right, followed on Walk 1 and Walk 4. A broad path, covered in stones and boulders, drops steeply across a rocky slope while exploiting soft beds of rock. There is crude stone paving later, then the path swings left and runs down to a three-way signpost in the Barranco de la Higuera, around 260m (855ft). Walk 1 joins from the right.

A signposted path junction deep in the Barranco de la Higuera

Keep left, or straight ahead through the barranco, roughly following pylons to reach another signpost at 127m (417ft). Take careful note of where the signpost actually points. Most walkers continue to the coast using the track, which is fine, but our route follows a vague path off to the right across the stony, scrubby bed of the barranco. Look across the bed and aim towards a drystone enclosure, then aim for another one, picking up a narrow path that quickly becomes obvious. This eventually leads to a signpost overlooking a beach at Playa del Pozo, which could easily be missed if the track was followed. There is a ‘pozo’, or well, on the beach. Turn left as signposted for Playa Quemada, and a track begins to run inland towards Barranco del Fraile. Follow it, but quickly turn right up a track blasted from a rocky slope above the sea.