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[QUOTE="alansykes, post: 972700, member: 9811"] Tordesillas to Mota del Marqués Thick freezing fog greeted me on looking out first thing, so I decided to head north to Benavente, on the grounds that there's not much to see on that route, so not being able to see it is less frustrating than not seeing something interesting. Last time I did the Levante, in 2013, I had continuous freezing fog all the way from Arévalo to the outskirts of Zamora, and the water in my bottle froze while I was walking past Castronuño. Nothing like that today, and the sun broke through shortly after noon. I got to the Botafumeiro restaurant on the outskirts of Mota del Marqués at about three, just in time for a really excellent menú del fin de semana. The village was celebrating its patron, San Martín, so the menú was more elaborate than usual, starting with an aperitivo of seriously tasty patatas revolcanas: garlicy mashed potatoes, smokey with paprika and topped off with torreznos. A castillian speciality that somehow I've never had before. Yum. And the main course was one of the best bits of bacalao I've ever eaten, in a creamy sauce with asparagus and clams. Yum again. Rebeca from the town hall appeared with the albergue key almost before I'd stopped talking to her on my mobile. The albergue is at the rear of the town hall building, and Rebeca soon had the heating and hot water on - I was the first pilgrim in three weeks. 2 bunks, donativo. Rebeca's neice, aged about three, was helping out, and stamped my credencial most efficiently. She wants to be a pilgrim herself. I see from the albergue visitors' book that I was last here on 20 November 2014, and that my Spanish grammar has improved enough for me to be able to correct my younger self's mistakes. The ruins of the castle dominate the village. Badly bashed about by Napoleon's troops - when Napoleon bashed something about it generally stayed bashed. Sunset from up there was spectacular, with the waxing half moon already prominent to the south. [ATTACH]113238[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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