There were a few things today that I was looking forward to seeing. The first one that I couldn’t find was the ruins of the 12th century Franciscan Abbey. Next was the best preserved stretch of an original Roman Road. I could see that the road was well elevated above the surrounding countryside but that was about it. It is amazing that it is still in use after 2000 years but now it has been gravelled over so the surface of the original road is no longer visible.

No. 3 was the Fuente del Hospitalejo and it wasn’t till I was walking on that I saw the now unusable fountain. The rest area and the signage was good but the small building behind the table was not obvious at first. Here at the Fuente is a small area of remaining wetland.

For most of the 9 kilometres along this stretch the walk it is flat with little shade and nothing inbetween save for the small Bar Oasis.

And oasis it is. We treated ourselves to cafe con leches and sat at a bench. Unknowingly Clumsy Dave put his coffee down on a broken board and the coffee spilt towards the young man sitting opposite. I asked him if he was OK hoping that the coffee hadn’t burnt him. He seemed to be unscathed and as Clumsy Dave tried to clean up the mess the young man grabbed the nearly empty coffee cup, explained the dilemma to the hostess and returned with a refilled coffee for Clumsy Dave. The simplest acts sometimes have the greatest value.

At Calzadilla de la Cueza a bit of fun.

Arriving at Ledigos we checked into our accommodation and checked out the town. We had a great view from the church high on the hill. The 13th century church showed obvious signs of several modifications over the centuries since it was first built. In one of the old annexes farm machinery along with a drum of John Deere tractor oil was being stored.