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Days 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32

A travel blog entry by marieandpat

Friday October 19th San Pedro de Rozados - Salamanca Hiked 14 miles Fortunately the rain had stopped otherwise we would have taken the bus as boots, packs and clothes were still rather wet. We set off on a cloudy morning through rolling countryside which soon turned into endless ploughed fields, the track showed plenty of signs of the previous days heavy rains with numerous puddles and slippery slopes. We were both rather tired after the previous days walking ...

Ruta de la Plata, Day 8

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros

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Now I did say, if we go backwards by 400 metres, we could have breakfast, but that meant having to go backwards, and starving is always an option !!!

The weather was grey, it was horrible, but before I went, I poured a couple of buckets of water over my gears as they were full of sand, oiled it up and we hit the road. My bike now sounded nice !!!

Another sandy track pushed ...

Ruta de la Plata, Day 7

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros

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... bulls, they started to chase me, but then they saw Lucy, so she shat herself and then the bulls saw red, and **** knows how Paul got away !!!

We climbed the hill, and it got cold through the temperature and the wind. I climbed up expecting an amazing cross, but it was nothing spectacular, just sitting there in the middle of a wind farm. So we all shot and moved on towards the next village where breakfast ...

Home from home

A travel blog entry by hjainley

... to Montamarta, which is where I am now. Even after Roales, the path was disappointing. No longer beside the main road but never far away, and a long, boring grind on grit and gravel with views of lorries, pylons and acres of plough or green. I gather it is about to improve, but more of that and I will be seriously tempted to take another bus.

Montamarta looks even more of a dump than El Cubo de Tierra del Vino, but the ...

Home from home

A travel blog entry by hjainley

... out later to see the cathedral and the view of the Duero, but only for a moment. And for food, of course, though I bought fruit and chocolate along with the beans.

In the absence of news and having time on my hands, I’ll make this a picture blog with photos I could/should have posted earlier…

The first is the only one in need of further explanation; a cube, usually stone but sometimes metal ...