Ringing up adventure on a dark forest walk

'We faced the prospect of spending the night in that forest, lost like babes in the wood.'

Walking the paths in the dense forest around the peak of Garajonay is entirely safe, unless, perhaps, one is too busy looking at the wild flowers, fungi, and the towering trees of laurel and heather to notice the very gradual, fading of sunlight.

I NO longer seek adventure. I’ve had quite enough. But adventure, uncalled for can find one out. 

My wife and I had no intention of seeking an adventure when we set out last Saturday week to follow one of the many paths through the dense monteverde forest of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, around the peak of Garajonay.