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🇪🇸 Ruta de la LANA (Valencia/Alicante - Burgos)
BP on the Requena (from Valencia) June 2022
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[QUOTE="Bad Pilgrim, post: 1042967, member: 50859"] [B]Day 9: Mira - Cardenete, 33 kms [/B] Since I broke the fan yesterday I slept bad. It wasn't that hot outside, but the room got heated during the evening. I moved my bed next to the open window... I was glad to leave that room in the morning. If that place wasn't overpriced, I don't know what is. The day started with a horrible climb out of Mira, through the winding streets that would never end... I was so tired when I reached the top. I must have sleepwalked for a while. I came to my senses on a steep descent with rocks and gravel, before the hamlet of Narboneta. There was a dangerous path yesterday as well, to get down to Mira, but this one was worse. I was conscient of every step I took - still I slipped and fell. Luckily I fell backwards and landed on my backpack so I wasn't hurt. It took me a long time to reach the bottom of the hill, where there is a fountain. The Camino doesn't enter Narboneta and there is no bar there. I walked on the road for a while until the next ascent started, which was the hardest one of the day. I huffed and puffed and swore all the way up the hill. I saw another fountain, but it said "No potable". All in all I was very isolated. The terrain felt harsh and rugged, and the 22 kms between Mira and Villora seemed endless. When I reached the ridge I entered an area that must have been devastated by fire. The trees were naked, black and withered all around me. I have never walked through such a place before. It was rather eerie. It wasn't all dark though: there were green grass and bushes already taking over on the ground. The colors created a sharp contrast that I tried to capture on camera, without success. The fire cannot have been that long ago though. I touched the branches on the trees as I walked by: they felt like coal to me, and my palms went black from ashes. On the way down to Villora nature went back to normal. Even more rocky paths followed, all the way down to a creek where the guidebook says there is no other way than to wade through. It looked messy. I looked around and saw a stick, then a couple of stepping stones hidden in the rye. I used the stick to keep my balance and got over safely. I threw the stick back to the other side in case future pilgrims would like to use it. But in spring or autumn there must be even more water here. Guidebook says you should ask about the conditions of the creek before, and possibly take the road to Villora. In Villora there is a bar next to a majestic medieval tower. I rested for a while, then started the third ascent of the day, this time on asphalt. I had to dodge cars and trucks for almost 9 kms, then a stretch on a dirt road into Cardenete. Finally an albergue de peregrinos, free. The keys are with the Ayuntamiento. It is clean, about five beds, and I can wash my clothes. But there is nothing else, except for 1 thousand flies inside. I already phoned Sandra for her luxurious Casa rural in Monteagudo de las Salinas where I go tomorrow. The Valencian branch of the Lana is thus over, as the two variants (Alicante and Valencia) joins in Monteagudo! I still plan to walk two more stages, to Cuenca, since it is easier to connect to other cities from there. Cardenete is dead today. All the restaurants and bars along the the main street are closed at 7 pm. Only the grocery store is open. I will make a new try now but the town looks empty. - [I]Edit[/I]: El hogar del pensionista (bar) at the main square is open in the evening! To be continued [/QUOTE]
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