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BSVDLP Villafranca to Almendralejo The town is not really on the Camino as it was not established until 1527. About 5 kms off, it is a convenient stopping place. As a new town it has a newer church and streets … Continue reading →

BSVDLP Zafra to Villafranca de los Barros Early start, even earlier than we planned. Being Sunday morning most cafés are closed so we tried to start from a café that we thought was open. Ha. Ha. Google info wrong. Google … Continue reading →

Zafra 2 An intentionally quiet day Taking a real rest day after being on the road for over a week. Skipped the hotel breakfast and went over to the Parador to have a very overpriced buffet but very good one. … Continue reading →

BSDLP Fuentes to Zafra Lucky break this morning. When the driver came to pick up our luggage we asked her if she could drive us to a town, Pueblo de Sancho Perez, not too far from Zafra. Makes the walk … Continue reading →

BSVDLP Monestario to Fuente de Cantos Not an especially interesting day or read for the blog. Today it was the heat. We finished the walk before it hit the maximum but it sure as hell was hot enough. Two beers … Continue reading →

“Why be that pig followin’” Where much will be revealed about Jamon…. Some longstanding questions of ours answered…… Turns out we have a rest day in the small town. As mentioned yesterday, no waterfall nearby. However there is a Museo … Continue reading →

BSVDLP Real de la Jara to Monesterio “Arrrh! Ye bilge rats, we be headin’ fer the Bay ‘o’ Biscay to chase the White Whale.” “Cap’n. That were yer five times Great Uncle Ahab and he be sleepin’ with the Pequod … Continue reading →

Cap’n Dick: “what kinda cod be these? Be they nitrated or chloride salted? Air cured or brined first, smoked first, salted first or cured first. Ain’t boiled. Walked out of town on a dangerous section of steep rocky road carved … Continue reading →

“I’ll have the lobster bisque ‘n oysters.” “Que? No tenemos lobster.” “Tis” the Bay “o” Biscay. Gimme some ‘o’ that fish “n” grog, blast ye.” “Cap’n be a complete addle. Again. We ain’t even crossed a puddle in 3 days.” … Continue reading →

A twelve mile day but what a day! Mostly uphill, unrelenting gradual climb into searing heat, all on very uneven terrain where poles were required. QB on the edge of hear exhaustion. Her thermo-regulator is not currently working and has … Continue reading →