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[QUOTE="Undermanager, post: 512638, member: 46206"] Day 12 Cuenca de Campos - Villalon de Campos - Fontihoyouelo - Santervas de Campos - Arenillas de Valderaduey - Grajal de Campos - 39kms I left Cuenca at around 8.30am and hiked over flat dirt track to Villalon in just over an hour. It's a fairly large town with all the facilities you could need, and an albergue. Beware the yellow arrows - they all seem to take you to the albergue! When you enter the large Plaza Mayor, head over to the far right corner. You will see a Santander bank, a Suma supermarket next to it and opposite, a fruit shop. Pick up your supplies here and to continue on the Camino, go down the small road so that the Santander bank is on your right. If the bank and supermarket is on your left on the main road, you are heading to the albergue, at 90 degrees to the Camino. You could buy some water just in case, but 1 km out of town is a large, perfectly good water fountain. It is right out of town though. You then walk about 8kms to Fontihoyouelo. There are no shops in this village but if you walk through it, you'll find a small overgrown park with shade and benches, and more bench options a bit further on near the church. More dirt track and another 8kms will take you to Santervas de Campos. Head towards the church to find the bar, which did great food and a welcome beer and had wifi. There is also an albergue here. Apart from the church and bar, this village appeared to have no other facilities. It might be a nice quiet place to recharge the batteries. Exiting the village, you follow a tarmac road for three kilometres before taking a dirt track all the way to the interestingly falling apart village of Arenillas de Valderaduey. The ruins of a far more prosperous past are everywhere but now, there appears to be nothing except a bar which is open part time and a great working water fountain, found as you leave the village. There are a few benches to sit on outside the bar. You then follow a small stream for about 7 kilometres into the wonderfully impressive Grajal de Campos. as you enter the town, you may lose the yellow arrows. Find Plaza Mayor and the albergue entrance is in one corner, the big modern glass doors next to the municipal building - just head for the biggest tower you can see! The albergue is seriously impressive. It costs €6 euros and is in an old house or palace, with courtyards, a well, arches, ancient doors, old style bricks and oozes the past. There are some great showers and a dorm that looks like an old wine cellar. There is a microwave but no kitchen, and very few electrical sockets. There is a shop close by and a great bar with food and wifi in the opposite corner of the Plaza Mayor. It has been a long day, nearly 40kms and about 9 hours, but perfect weather - cool with nearly complete cloud cover. Will decide the next move tomorrow .... [/QUOTE]
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