Dan in Tenerife

The next day we picked Dan up at the airport and initially headed to Mendano which is a windsurfing resort that Mark had visited over 20 years ago, it was a bit grey and not that windy but still nice for him to revisit.

Mark & Dan at Mendano

We then drove off up to Mount Teide, the road up is through lovely pine forests and before you know it you are above the clouds.

Above the clouds through the pine forest

Then you rise up a few more 100 metres and you are on the plateau of the volcano, the summit at 3718m it is the highest point in Spain and measured from the sea bed it is the third highest volcano in the world.  Suddenly you are driving across the lava fields and the temperature had dropped dramatically, we were not hugely prepared with Mark in his shorts! Although little chance of a new eruption, last eruption was 1909.

The peak of mount Teide

The mass of lava fields into the distance

We did not go up in the cable car but still had a great sunny drive and it was odd descending down the mountain into the rain cloud.

The next day it was another grey and cloudy one but we drove up to the Anaga mountains in the north east corner of Tenerife, not far from Santa Cruz.  They are quite pretty and would make some good walking but we were not prepared for the drizzle and cold so it was just a sight seeing tour to admire the views although they would have been better without the rain clouds.

Windy our way through the mountains

The view west toward Tiede (somewhere in the distance) from Anaga Mountains