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Tarazona to Ágreda was one of the best days of any of my caminos. It's nearly 500m of ascent but, once you've passed the slightly dull reservoir, you follow the melodious río Val up and up through woods being gilded with autumn gold, past waterfalls and through its cañon and then over high ground with eagles circling overhead. Just wonderful.
And Ágreda's pretty special too, nestling under looming Montcayo. I'm guessing it is to Soria what joyous Zafra is to Seville, with its murallas roídas, casas denigradas and portales con escudos de cien linajes. But plenty of current bustle as well.
Tomorrow could be a long day if I make it as far as Fuensaúco.
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The "bus stop" is horrible, involving standing by the side of the main road hoping the bus will see you in the dark and stop.
This is the fourth different place one of my caminos has crossed the Duero - well upstream of Zamora, Toro and Tordesillas.
If I ever do the Portugués, that will make five.
Hola, Alan,Saturday was a short day: lovely lazy morning, noon bus back to Fuensaúco, then 13km to Soria. This is the fourth different place one of my caminos has crossed the Duero - well upstream of Zamora, Toro and Tordesillas. A modern footbridge takes you over a pleasant wooded island and on into the town. It's a less dramatic arrival than the other crossings (with the possible exception of Toro, where I arrived and left in thick freezing fog), and the river is shallower and faster flowing. If I ever do the Portugués, that will make five.
I see that in 2013 you've walked Camino de Madrid and in Puente Duero & Simancas you should've crossed the Rio Duero also.
By good fortune, this weekend is the end of the semana de la tapa micológica, with a big marquee in the Plaza Mayor promoting everything mushroom, and most of the city centre bars and restaurant doing a special boletus or setas-related tapas.
Ups, my wrong about Simancas. Thanks, Castilian! But you have to admit that it's just a few kms to the SWIn Simancas you don't cross the Duero but the Pisuerga.
P.S.: If I'm not wrong, he made just part of the Camino de Madrid and didn't go as far as Puente Duero.
Ups, my wrong about Simancas. Thanks, Castilian! But you have to admit that it's just a few kms to the SW
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