April 3, 2011

The day started with us both a little jaded through lack of sleep and with a long climb, the middle of the day involved another long climb and the day ended with a long climb.  I guess you get the picture here.  Unfortunately, when we reached the top of the first climb we were greeted by wind and rain, which stayed with us for the rest of the day.

The countryside around this area is very scenic, although we could hardly see it for the rain.  However, the highlight of Ken’s day was when we called into a little bar for a cup of coffee and it came with tapas of bread, cheese, eggs and tuna.  When we had a second cup of coffee, it came with chicken legs and chips!  All for just €4; you can tell we are off the tourist trail.

We arrived at the small village of Almedinilla and were worried that we might not find anywhere to stay for the night.  As it turned out, we were directed from a local bar to a beautiful old ‘Posada’ complete with cobbled stone floors and a very welcome log fire.  The young Spanish couple who owned it are keen cycle tourists and had, by coincidence, just returned from a cycle tour of Cuba.  I had plenty of opportunity to chat in Spanish.