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[QUOTE="Sheffield James, post: 625519, member: 23079"] Day 22 (Mon): Igüeña - Losada (~23kms) The day began with breakfast in the restaurant-bar La Playa at 07.00. I stayed on after the French and Spanish pilgrims left, but I was then asked to leave just before 8am as the bar was closing again. The young owner kindly gave me a cup of molten chocolate as a parting gift, which was very nice of him even if it wasn’t ideal for a Type 2 diabetic. The day was mostly damp and misty, so there was no landscape to be enjoyed during the morning stretch. That said, the track was quite agreeable through woodland, scrubland and pastures. Not long before Quintana de Fuseros, I passed an unusual cruciform structure with a plaque referring to it as the Cruz Cercenada. My Spanish is extremely limited, but I thought it said something about replacing an earlier cross and honouring King Alphonso II who had been a pilgrim on the Camino Jacabeo de la Paz, Pristino Camino. I saw a second reference to this camino on a poster later in the day, but I’ve not been in a position to find out more about it on the listed website; [URL="http://www.cruzcercenada.es"]www.cruzcercenada.es[/URL]. The bar at Quintana was closed. Apparently, it opens at 11am and I wasn’t going to wait an hour to obtain some refreshments. So, it would have to be another 12kms before I’d get some in Labaniego. The path climbed into a forest and featured a series of gradual ascents and long flat stretches. The tracks widened considerably as if a network of new roads was being established in the mountain for logging trucks, etc., and the yellow flechas appeared to have been largely replaced by big white arrows sprayed directly on the earth that formed the track. I couldn’t quite grasp whether this was a temporary or permanent measure, but I doubted they would remain intact for long if it rained, or if they got driven over. Nonetheless, they delivered me practically to the first house in Labaniego without me getting lost in the vast wilderness of the forest. Things then went slightly awry. These same white arrows directed me onto woodland paths that bypassed Labaniego altogether. They then disappeared, leaving me either to retrace my steps to the village or to see where the paths would eventually lead. With a mixture of luck and judgement, I emerged at the village of Arlanza, just over 3kms from the old mining town of Losada, my end-of-day destination. I paid €15 for a bed in a twin room above the very welcoming Bar Losada on Calle La Era (tel: 680350708). You can’t miss it as it is the last building on the road out of town. The bar seems to be the community hub and forms part of the sports and swimming complex. The substantial lunch and dinner menus cost €10 each. There are no alternative options in the locality. I was pleased to have chosen this place for my end-stage for the day. 23kms was a decent distance to walk and the extra ~4kms from Arlanza led me through pleasant countryside that provided a welcome contrast to much of the forest walking I’d done. [/QUOTE]
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