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[QUOTE="Bachibouzouk, post: 790198, member: 53864"] Villarta to Campillo de Altobuey (Day Five) Another longish but very pleasant day's walk. Until Granja de Iniesta it's vineyards all the way. Beyond Granja the vineyards slowly give way first to fields of wheat and cereal, empty at this time of year but beautifully ploughed, then pine and oak scrub. It's pretty flat for most of the way and on a nice level track, then the penultimate stage rises steadily and finally plunges down into Campillo (as the locals call it - far easier to remember and pronounce!). Waymarking back to being very good on this stage. Before Granja de Iniesta I stopped to talk with some of the grape-pickers. I was told that most of the grapes were of the bobal, macabeo and tempranillo variety (must admit I've never heard of the first two) and that the local wine is a mixture of several varieties. Bobal rosado was strongly recommended to me. So when I reached Granja de Iniesta I made a halt at the rather uninspiring Hostal Restaurante Pepe (it's a cross between a motel and a motorway stop) and ordered a local bobal rosado. It was most enjoyable on the sun drenched terrace and the bar staff told me I should therefore try the local white. It was very nice too. Pleasant, chilled and cheap. All this beer drinker, without a wine pallet, would say is, perhaps, try the white first. I was then told I couldn't leave without trying the local tinto. The sun soaked motel terrace was all of a sudden the only place in the universe for me. My butt was seemingly glued to the chair and there was nowhere else I wanted to be but I had another 20 kms to go. By some force of will (I've no idea where it came from) I managed to remove my backside from the chair, pay for my wine, swing my pack onto my back and set off. The decisions one has to make in life! And I'm kind of disappointed to admit I took the sensible one. I'd try the tinto at some later stage. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde: walking, the curse of the drinking man. I'm in the Polideportivo here in Campillo. It's a little bit of a comedown after all the previous accommodation but it's free, so there's no point in complaining. I got a hot shower, got to wash my clothes and I've fashioned a bed out of the changing room benches, yoga mats and blankets provided. I await the ghost with bated breath. Alfín del Asfalto [/QUOTE]
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