Saturday, January 30, 2010

29/01/2010 Victoria Lines




We set off once again from Targa Gap, outskirts of Mosta, this time in the direction of Mosta Fort, joining the Victoria Lines after a few hundred yards. Just before we reached the Fort we turned right through the gardens to join the ring road where we turned left. We then had to follow the main road for a while with the Victoria Lines to our left. We crossed the Wied Ghassel, still following the main road which then skirted a huge quarry. Eventually, we crossed the Naxxar Road and contined on until we once again joined the Victoria Lines. We skirted another quarry, this time on our right, and crossed another valley. We then continued on through a park, outskirts of Gharghur. Just before a viewing platform we turned left down some rough steps to follow the Victoria Lines again as they dropped into a deep valley. The path was extremely rough at this point. We came up beside some villas and, upon reaching a small road, turned right. We descended towards the coast, turned left and crossed the coast road before turning right towards White Rocks, a long abandoned holiday village, where we were forced to shelter from a very heavy shower. We turned left down towards the coastal path and turned left again behind the Splash Park at Bahar Ic-Cahag. Rejoining the coast road we followed it for some distance in the direction of Qawra but turned off at Ghallis Tower. We followed a path through the farms, turning right into the Naxxar Road and then left, following a narrow road which eventually turned to the right past a fireworks factory. We took a right fork and descended past a small chapel and followed the path round until it eventually led to Kennedy Grove. We finished our walk at Salini Park.
Distance: 12 miles, mainly steady walking but with some very rough terrain in places.

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