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And we're off. Camino de la Lana. May 2019.
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[QUOTE="Undermanager, post: 749702, member: 46206"] Stage 22. Quintanarraya to Santo Domingo de Silos. 28 kms Quintanarraya has no shops or working water fountains that I could find. It does have a nice stork on the roof, a great friendly bar over the Ayuntamiento with people who will cook basic meals in the evening after 8.00pm and the albergue was fine; five beds, hot shower, clean, warm, sitting area but no kitchen. Today felt like it was going to be a hot one. It was already warm when I left at 7.30am but by 10:00am, it felt boiling, even if it was only 18deg C according to the forecast. About 7kms after leaving Quintanarraya, you get to the town of Huerta de Ray along a pleasant dirt track. There are a fair number of bars and a few shops here but at 9.00am when I arrived, all but one, a restaurant called Meson La Herreria, was closed, pretty typical but you only need one open! It's up the main road on the right - you can't miss it. Fortunately, it had plates of takeaway sandwiches, cakes and drinks and a great place for breakfast. When you follow the road out of town, just as you come to the sign for the town for drivers coming in, there's a small green bridge on the left. Cross it, turn right and follow it to it's exit 0.5kms away. It runs parallel to the road but also by a crystal clear stream. At the exit where the path rejoins the road is an ancient water fountain of sparklingly clear spring water, where you can have a slurp and refill bottles. This is also a picnic and BBQ area. You then turn left at the road 20 meters on uphill here to follow the Camino for about two kilometers, before turning left into the forest. It's very clearly marked, as is the forest path you are about to take. Someone has clearly been out with the marking paint recently! It's a lovely walk, through forest and glade, a fair amount of shade and at times, quite uphill and tiring. Bring a bit more water than usual if it's hot. At 15.5kms, you'll come across a road and large park area, with drinking water, many tables, BBQ areas and generally, a nice place for a rest. Again, the Lana Camino following the El Cid Camino is excellently marked. From here, it's mostly uphill all the way, sometimes steeply, until the 21kms mark at 1290 meters, with all kinds of track, from nice pine, dirt, stone and mountain goats only paths. But it's all well signposted. At the top, you get fabulous views in all directions. Aren't you glad now you bought that extra water? It's about 20 minutes downhill to Penacoba, where joy of joys there was an unexpected bar! I heard voices in a building next to the fountain in this tiny village that possibly looked like an Ayuntamiento, tentatively opened the door and behold, a vision of loveliness. It wasn't a mirage but a big, well-developed bar, with people, tables, drinks. Beer con Limon, a seat, peanuts, TV. What more does you need? It was 2.30pm and I'd covered nearly 24kms and it was hot. I expected the last 4kms to Santo Domingo to be really hard work but it wasn't really, just hot. The first part is uphill but it's all very pretty, as is the small town itself. If I can work out how to stay for two nights I might well do so as I have plenty of time. As always, though, Camino doers arrive in the afternoon and everything is shut until 4.30 or 5.00pm so I found a bar for an hour! I did find the albergue building, but there are a few museums about so will need to go walkabout later to try and track down how to get access. I went straight to the 4-bed excellent albergue at 4.30pm and someone was checking in so I got in immediately, but the place I think you need if you are the first is the museum entrance opposite a stone water pool, almost the first building on the left as you come down off the Camino path. It's a big brown door with a tiny sign saying that it's the museum. It opens at 4.30pm, and you also get in for free if you show your Credential. It is worth a visit as it's very pretty, and the pharmacy is outstandingly wonderful. The town is small, very pretty, very touristy and worth staying a day if you can. The hotels here do seem expensive however; I asked at two about single rooms and was quoted €70. I'm in the albergue with the quiet Spanish chap, and also an old Spanish guy on a bike tour. Occasionally, very occasionally, you meet someone on the Camino is bloody irritating from the first minute, seems just a bit crazy, a pain and best avoided. Sometimes, you just have to accept they have problems you don't know about and keep away. 😑🙄🙄😯🤔. Sadly, tonight is one such night! So, a brilliant day. I fly home from Madrid on the 5th and potentially reach Burgos on the 1st, so am starting to think about where to kill a few days. Ideas? Looking forward to tomorrow. [/QUOTE]
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