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[QUOTE="Bad Pilgrim, post: 758366, member: 50859"] Monteagudo de las Salinas - Fuentes, Day 11 An easy walk all the way to Fuentes. I had no phone connection for 90% of this stretch, so when I say I was on my own for more than 20 kms, I really mean it. In the woods, no one could hear me scream. But I have been here before and there are some landmarks that help me to calculate the distance to Fuentes: three gates to open (and close!), the slope to reach the bridge over the AVE railway, the crumbling ruines of a house on a pasture, another pass over the railway and then just a few kms amongst the fields to Fuentes. The first gate in the woods is the most ridiculous. Previous pilgrims are familiar with the written warnings of the landowner, who has scribbled all over the gate that this is private property and that trespassing will be punished. (And no pilgrim ever cares about it.) Since I was here two years ago, he has reinforced his message with a sign that can only be interpreted as follows: if you dare to walk through the property, evil ninjas will jump out from a tree and take you down, and/or a military device will automatically shoot up from the ground and put a bullet through you. At the same time, the Asociación has stepped up a level and painted many fierce, yellow arrows that explicitly tell you to walk through the gate and continue. I wonder what this battlefield will look like should I happen to come back a third time. I even ran into some people living or working next to the houses further on, but they didn't care about me. I hope they understand that they lost the struggle against the Asociación a long time ago. I was a bit disappointed about not having any Wildlife Encounter today. Early in the morning, majestic deer, alone or in groups, are frequently seen. But today I only saw one (1) rabbit for 23 kms and that was it. Not even cows or bulls on the pasture. Well, Fuentes is also known as dino-town, since they found a bunch of old fossils here. So I thought I would have my Wildlife Encounter at their Dino museum. I just found out that it is closed though. 23 kms and not a single dinosaur... I hear that Cuenca has a similar museum, hopefully with more generous opening hours. And tomorrow is only 21 kms, shortest stage so far! I need it, because the heat is getting worse. No wonder those dinos dried out. I immediately found the Hostal Palancares, but without knowing it. I asked in the first bar labeled "Hostal" that I saw in Fuentes, if there were any rooms available. The grumpy woman in the bar muttered she would "call someone" . A few minutes later Abuela herself appeared in the doorway, rushed towards me with her arms wide open and gave me two kisses on each cheek. I have never met this woman before, but who can resist a welcome like that? It turned out I was in the hostal Palancares after all, it is just in a different building. The chatty grandma swiftly handed me my keys and showed me the way to my room, while she told me numerous things about the hostal and the town. I learned that she herself has problems with mobile connection: often when she tries to call her daughter, who is the real owner of the hostal but who works "in the mountains", she can't get through to her. Anyway, hostal Palancares is the perfect hideaway from the heatwave for 25 euros. And Spanish grandmothers are the best...! Tomorrow: Cuenca! BP [/QUOTE]
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