Yesterday afternoon's adventure set a special challenge today ... 38k day having an extra 10 ... though on the plus side, it enabled the photo of the Fantastic Five, some more conversation with them, plus Gustavo, and the useful information that when a herd of 30 + curious cows charge towards an intruder in their field, one tactic is to walk confidently towards them, calling Hola or Hello, the lingo less important than the tone ... causing them to turn round and run away ... family and friends will doubtless find such goings on familiar and amusing, another plus point!
The trick today was to treat the 10k tarmac stage left over from yesterday as a preamble to the main event and Las Emigrantes' 7am breakfast meant most of that was done before the Sun showed his face. Second breakfast in Carcaboso plus bocadillo for the picnic set up the 38k day nicely ... off before 10, 5 kph for 8 hours, short lunch break and in for beer and tapa by 6.30 ...
After a steep climb, it was sandy tracks and paths through cork oak forests for hours on end ... no tarmac, no pilgrims or other humans, warm Sun, cool breeze. .. occasional short rests and wondering how the Fantastic Five, or is it Six now, have managed today ... having carelessly set off on the extra long stage, who knows when we will meet again? Perhaps Pasqual will update us all ...
Tomorrow, a shorter day, climbing out of Extremedura ( named maybe for summers, these days in early Spring have been extremely pleasant), into Castila y Leon and on towards Salamanca ...
A good supper, a couple of glasses of wine and a comfortable bed awaiting ... no people pics, for obvious reasons, though the Roman Arch is impressive at Capperra ...
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