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[QUOTE="OzAnnie, post: 877625, member: 27139"] the video you've included is great AJ. It shows the arrival into Escalona in all its glory. Coming into Maqueda you see the castle on the hill from quite a distance out. Walking through Maqueda - before leaving the town... there was a cafe bar with some tasty tapas type food to have with a coffee...(or whatever you drink).. Next door there is a fruit shop... that also sells some grocery items if I remember rightly... The fruit was good/fresh (there was the delivery truck outside when I was there). (2 pics below ) Pic also taken of taxi service sign in Maqueda ‘just in case’ I needed it. The walk is easy on this etapa ... mostly flat... There was the water hazard to find my way across as mentioned in your link but maybe it could dry out in summer?.. I was there in early March. After the easy walking that day.. the arrival to Escaloña is spectacular with the prize up high... A long bridge crossing with minimal walking space... (see [USER=9811]@alansykes[/USER] comment quoted below) & then (you guessed it) the climb up the steps... a well named town 'escalona'.... an escalator there would have been nice...lol. You've included the info on the albergue which is where I stayed in March.. I was the only one there and it is a walk further out of the town.. so you have to walk back in to eat etc.. Keys are put back through the gap left in open window. There no place to leave a donation- It is free. On arrival in Escalona; I came across the Oficina de Turismo & got my sello there. I asked about the key to the Albergue and for directions to the local police. She directed me just up the street on the right to the Town Hall. The lady there in office advised me to walk straight to the school (where the Albergue is a room there); as being Friday night.. the cleaners would still be there and they would open up for me. She rang to let them know I was heading there. I had no trouble finding it or the cleaners with directions given. Although the albergue was fine and plenty of beds & heater etc.. in hindsight (being alone); I would opt for accommodation in the town centre.. for more company. I did walk back into town later and was recommended a restaurant around from the main square facing the castle ruins .(ruins are lit up at night). However, restaurant opening time was still a way off when I found it..so opted to buy food to take back to the albergue for dinner and breakfast and snacks for the following day.. There were a few tiendas open from which to buy food items. a nice stop .. no Alan -still with no footpath but glue yourself to the edge and keep your eyes out for cars. There weren’t many - Pics below Friday afternoon in March A couple of pics here also to show the terrain ., wide open space and mostly flat. [/QUOTE]
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