This morning’s doze was interrupted at 6:30 by a digger starting up and then at 7:15 by lights of a 4 X 4 as fella turns up for work. Hey-ho! So up and into town for double rations of bacon bocadillos with coffee and on the road at 11am. Passing out of town, two ground workers and the digger driver wanted to know if it was cold in the tent so I put them right; good sleeping bag and doggie hot water bottle. After a bit more building site banter (to make me feel at home, but without the rain) I stopped at the fuentes on the outskirts of the town, had a quick wash and filled the water bottles.
A hard uphill slog followed and this pack isn’t getting any lighter, I’m going to have to be more ruthless in selecting items next time! But it was a great day’s hiking and I was delighted to find Restaurante Gerado by the Rio Sabar where I scoffed an early supper of ham, egg and chips with two beers for €8. Bargain! Sated we trotted off into the hills for 45 mins and found a lovely camping place in the olive terraces – pictures tomorrow.
Leaving Riogrande 
Hmmm, nice pad! 
Cooling off! 
Essential water purifier 
Good walking surface 
Easy to miss but welcome confirmation that we’re on the right track 
Looking back the pointy peak in the distance marks where we started this stretch. Satisfying! 
And looking ahead……. 
Restaurante Gerado – highly recommended
Author’s notes:
The WTW location Tom sent me was in Bayswater, London. Not sure if that’s an issue with his phone or a WTW glitch!
This is a different format which is much easier for me. The text all in one and the pictures captioned. If you hate it, let me know.
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