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[QUOTE="Undermanager, post: 746708, member: 46206"] Stage 13. Villar De Domingo Garcia to Villaconejos de Trabaque. 24 kms A fun night is over. A new day breaks. The bar lived up to all its promises last night, except that despite my Sterling British Efforts, I woke up at 7.00am, bright, bushy tailed and hangover-free. Oh well. I'll try harder next time. The albergue last night was very welcome, especially as I had it to myself. It's small, functional, can fit an absolute maximum of four in two bunk beds in a small room with no other space for cat-swinging, and has an amazing power shower. I'm pretty sure it's a converted sandblaster used for stripping off the outer surfaces of houses before repainting, but it was very hot and stripped off all my day's dirt, plus essential oils, hair and old skin. The place has a slight musty smell so if you have a cough or breathing issues, it may not be perfect, but I liked staying there very much and was very comfy. I left at about a late 7.30am, out the village on the road for a hundred meters then a sharp right onto a dirt track. The plan is to go slower today, and have a leisurely breakfast in the first village Torralba 8kms away. It's freezing and pretty overcast but quickly warms up and clears! After about two kilometers, you rise up onto a kind of lowland ridge inland away from the road, with great morning views over the countryside towards the sun. The road is way down on the left of the track. The birds are chirping away and there are huge piles of dung compost about, ready to be spread onto fields. The aroma reminds me of where I grew up in rural Norfolk in England, and Brexit. Torralba is a pretty village, with quite a few facilities for the tired traveller for such a small place, or it seems to according to Google Maps. It would, certainly on first impressions, be a better option than yesterday's place! The first bar, Bar Carman, serves coffee but has nothing to eat, although I am offered a biscuit. I have a coffee then decide to go on a morning pub crawl and try Bar Goyo Luis, but get sidetracked as there is a great shop next door. Breakfast! I buy a crusty bread, a hunk of what looks like luncheon meat from the fridge and a couple of bananas. Who would have thought that a bread, luncheon meat and banana sandwich was the tastiest thing ever? So I spend the next half hour relaxing on the strategically placed chair outside the shop, admiring the traffic on the main road. Life is good. I really like this village and after spending some 25 minutes here, I feel I can speak as an authority 😁; if your little legs can manage it from Cuenca, I'd definitely stay here. It has a lovely atmosphere with just a minor not major road going through it, is very friendly, most people I've met in the last half hour are sober, it has some impressive ruins on a hill, an albergue, maybe hotels, two bars, a shop and a 24 hour funeral parlour - what more do you need? Next up, the 9km walk to Villaconejas De Trabaque, which also threatens to have a bar and shop. The thought of more bread, luncheon meat and banana sandwiches spurs me on, like a carrot in front of a donkey. I set off at 10:30 and it is a lovely walk. The track goes through a valley, with beehives aplenty and wildflowers positively bursting out everywhere. Where the path gets close to the small river, the birdsong is extraordiñary. When you arrive at the village, which I did at 12:30, you realise that it too is a very pretty place, and the first building as you leave the dirt track and walk into the village is the large and friendly bar and restaurant La Omilla! Result! Great tapas here (the tortilla was fabulous) with your drink. I could sit here for hours! If there was a hotel here, I would stay. You could follow the arrows into the village, round and out again, but I just walked along the road. You walk past the left road turn to your destination, and carry on about another three hundred meters. Then you turn left onto a dirt track all the way to Villaconejos. You'll see the yellow arrows. The 5kms walk is another lovely walk in a valley, very pretty, and the time flies past. Somehow, with music in my ears, I forgot to look for the albergue at the very beginning of Villaconejos, so ended up in the middle of the village, strangely by a bar. So one quick drink and a plate of olives later, I walked back out of the village again to the church. After making the phone call to get the key and be signed in, I just had time to do 20 minutes of stretches and eat lunch when Pepe arrived to let me in. A bear hug greeting from Pepe made me realise my back was still not perfect but an evening's rest in this outstanding albergue should help! The jobs are all done except for a bit of shopping later for breakfast and tomorrow. Another fantastic day! [/QUOTE]
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