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[QUOTE="alansykes, post: 676136, member: 9811"] Retortillo de Soria to Fresno de Caracena Nearly 8km of tarmac to Tarancueña. Very quiet road, but still. Sign at Tarancueña says I could have followed the GR86 from Retorillo de Soria to Losana and on to Tarancueña taking c12 km but all off road. After Tarancueña it was amongst the most spectacular 3 hours of my life. The camino follows the cañón of Caracena downhill until you reach Caracena itself. Total solitude; astonishing, sometimes jaw-dropping beauty, surrounded by high cliffs, circling eagles, autumn trees with leaves turning every colour from black red to pure gold, millions of wild rose hips (the valley must be even more spectacular when they are in flower), wild lavender, flowering thorns, juniper, thyme and more. Just amazing. Quite hard work, as the sometimes narrow path did not seem to be used much, and there were scrambles and stoney river crossings that would not be pleasant in rainy weather, but on a perfect autumn day it was too wonderful for words. The cañón itself probably took me nearly 2 hours for its 4km, including long pauses to gasp in wonder at the sheer beauty, but I was ready to enjoy some man made beauty when the first of Caracena's romanesque churches eventually appeared on top of a cliff. And a short but sharp climb upwards found me having lunch in Caracena's small but most welcome bar. A very welcome surprise, as Caracena has a permanent population of c8 to go with its 2 glorious churches and handsome stone main street and square. Sadly, the camino is then again almost entirely on tarmac for the next 9km to Fresno de Caracena, where the acogida is, to put it politely, basic - no beds, no showers, no hot water: a store room above the medical centre. "Next time" I will take the slightly longer tarmac free GR to Caracena and stay there (the landlady at the bar told me her son is now offering shelter for pilgrims: not quite sure what, but definitely including a shower) and then carry on to San Esteban de Gormaz, skipping sad dying Fresno de Caracena. [/QUOTE]
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