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[QUOTE="Elizabeth2018, post: 618990, member: 72772"] Further to L’s post above. We write this morning from Manzanares el Real. The lady who gave us breakfast here at Alojiamento de La Pedriza has offered to drive us to Mataelpino. We took longer than expected yesterday and want to catch up a bit today as we have a hotel reservation in Segovia tomorrow night. So we will walk from Mataelpino instead. Although first we have to go to the post office here in MelR to mail some stuff to Ivar! Too much weight! Yesterday’s journey took us down into a river valley from the hilltop town of Colmenar Viejo and then back up over another big hill through farming country. Only no baas and moos here (we heard those on Tuesday). For the first half of the day our sound track alternated between running water and birdsong, and periodic thumps of artillery fire from somewhere to the west. At one point a military helicopter flew over between us and Colmenar Viejo. At breakfast this morning there were several men in fatigues with patches showing a crown set above a large bird of prey with wings outstretched and Spanish flags. We wondered if they were perhaps paratroopers. Or perhaps helicopter crew given the flyover. Back on the ground the track was extremely rugged. The terrain here is sandy soil on rocky outcrop and recent rains had gouged out huge ruts— knee or thigh deep in some cases, and eroded a lot of the sand track. We picked our way through and down the hillside and then back up again on the other side. Once we got up nearer the top however the track was harder packed and that made going a little easier. The track was bordered by the stone walls of cañadas — enormous pastures with horses and cows — and torros. This area seems to be bull breeding country. And they are magnificent. A picnic stop and check of our phones and L’s Fitbit showed that we had made only 7.3 km in 3 hours, thanks to the difficult terrain. But we picked up speed in the second half and despite some distractions taking photos of the bulls we made good time and soon found ourselves descending into another valley and the most spectacular views of the lake, the town and the Sierra behind. When we first started planning this trip we thought about skipping the first part of this journey and starting instead from Segovia. After yesterday I am so glad we changed our minds. [/QUOTE]
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