This is the village church in Aljucén. It’s a late entry as it’s the church of St Andres!
Another pleasant day’s walking through deshea forests, a lot of which is a park – albeit a working park as there were cows! Most of the trail is best described as 4WD track, although there were a couple of sections where those vehicles would be challenged. In places there were huge weathered boulders, which have broken down over millennia into coarse grit, which is not the easiest to walk on.
By chance we came across information about a new albergue Alcuescar, and while some of our little group chose to check in at the albergue at the monastery, three of us hiked the extra kilometre to the new albergue. And didn’t we luck out!. We were put in individual rooms, equipped with sheets and towels (these are important details to peregrinos!) and we have a spectacular view. The operators (it’s run by the town, so someone only comes to check you in) also suggested a restaurant for a menu del dia, which was the best meal yet. And because we only finished lunch at 3:30, there’s no need for dinner!
The view from my balcony. No bullfight today (thankfully. Been there, done that!)
In 2009, we embarked on a one-year family sailing adventure aboard a Grand Soleil 39, "SV Mulan". Our original sailing blog is linked on this site.
In 2017, Susan, Andrew, Sam & Max walked the Camino Frances from St-Jean-Pied-de-Porte to Santiago de Compostella (and rode bikes from Burgos to Leon as a blister recovery strategy), and in 2018 Jack also joined the crew as we waled the northern section of the Camino Portuguese from Porto to S de C.
In 2019 Andrew, accompanied by Max for the first few hundred kms, and Susan for the Tiscan section, walked the via francigena from Canterbury to Rome. That journey is blogged in this site.
This blog is planned as an alternative to the endless instagram posts used previously to communicate with those interested in our travels - although there is a linked instagram account as well!
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