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[QUOTE="Bad Pilgrim, post: 758224, member: 50859"] Campillo de Altobuey - Monteagudo de la Salinas, Day 10 Don't make jokes about the ghosts in Campillo... Yesterday I put stones in the opening of the back door in the sports hall so I could come and go, just like Nice Lady had told me to do. When I came back from my errands, the door was shut close and the stones removed. I had to phone and wait for Nice Lady for half an hour before she could come and let me in again (there is no other way in). Before going to sleep, I remembered that I hadn't stamped my credential, so I had to go back to the main square again. I angrily put a bench from the sports hall in the door opening, to prevent the door from blowing shut. I put other stones on the outside so it would stay slightly ajar: no need to show people that I was there. When I came back, the door was flung open instead, and the heavy stones removed again. I had to check the changing rooms and the gym one extra time before going to sleep to ensure I was alone in there, or if some mischievous teenagers had snuck in while I was out...! I slept bad in there. Not because of the creaking walls and the rustling wind, but from my stupid, improvised bed. I had totally planned to sleep on that landing mat instead, but it was nowhere to be found. I see that there are some casas rurales in Campillo: I suggest that people who don't enjoy sleeping on yoga mats go there instead! At least I didn't have to climb the gates to get out in the morning, like two years ago! Even then, some ancient ghosts - or mischievous teenagers - shut the gates closed during night. This time I could get out early. After a few kms out in the fields, there is mostly tarmac all the way to Paracuellos de la Vega. I have never seen a bar here. But there are water at the entrance to town, and also at the main square. Behind the church is a small shop, only marked with TIENDA, at nr 7. I arrived just in time when fresh bread was delivered...! The real treat comes when leaving the village: the castle is exquisite. The camino has changed since a few years ago so now you get much closer to the castle than before. But I prefer the old route that went around the castle on the road that can be seen further down from the hill: the photos of the castle from a distance, in a field of poppies, were even better than the photos up-close of it. There are some strenuous kms on tarmac, and uphill, until the camino veers off for the final country walk to Monteagudo de las Salinas. And a looong walk it was. I wasn't this exhausted last time. I was battered for several last kms and I have no idea why, perhaps the lack of sleep. My phone also went on strike, so I couldn't call to tell Sandra I was approaching. The man in the (only?) bar helped me to get hold of her. Apparently, the whole village is connected to Movistar. If you don't have Movistar you can't use your phone. (Have anyone else had this problem in Monteagudo??) What a feeling, to throw my clothes in a washing machine and pass out in a real bed...! I slept for two hours in the afternoon. El Rincón de Sandra is 20 euros and refreshingly cool in the summer heat...! It is located at the top of the hill, but Sandra or her family will surely take you there by car. There is a small shop at the bottom of the hill. But just as in Paracuellos it is pretty anonymous. You have to buzz and hope that someone opens. Only 23 kms to Fuentes tomorrow! But thanks to Movistar, I haven't been able to book ahead in a hostal! Worst case scenario is to stay at the albergue in Fuentes. According to what others have reported, it seems that more yoga mats are involved... BP [/QUOTE]
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