A nice walk, only about 9 miles. The only navigational problem was getting to the place where the path started. Yes, I did figure it out yesterday, but it is over half a mile from hotel through a maze of streets that all look the same. After that slight challenge, the waymarking was E for excellent. I mean there were really red a white stripes on poles or trees or stones and, though overgrown, there really was a path. It was hot but not unbearable, but this was with an arrival time of 10:15 a.m.!
Sos del Rey, actually a view from yesterday’s walk. This clustering of houses on a hill seems to be the standard shape and arrangement of towns in these parts:
Casita:
Group of horses; one horse eating, three not, at the moment:
Horse absenting self from the group:
The store is known as Simply, pronounce that Seem-ply, and the sign does not lie. It has a tiny produce section, but don’t touch anything!! You will point to your selection and the señora will choose it, and weigh it, y ya!
Had I stayed in Petilla de Aragón, today’s destination, I would have been able to walk the next stage to Biel since, being right there, I would have been able to start out before 6:00. However, since it will be in the 90’s, and the walk has no escape route AND it has lots of climbing, and I could not arrive at the start point until after 6:30, and the walk is seven hours+ change (I usually beat the time predictions by at least an hour, but even so), I decided not to do it. I spent hours on the computer and with my phone trying to see if the taxi could take me to a point further along, but there is no road that goes near it. So, I will go to Biel, the end point, and do a circular walk. I feel quite bad about all these stages not walked, and doubtless there will be others. Oh, and wouldn’t you know I lost my list of mileage. It disappeared from Notes; vanished. I think there is a message there.
Grandma Goes Coastal 