Stage 47 “Montfrague to Navarette”
“Bon Dias”
Oops! Didn’t change my watch to Spanish time which is 1 hour ahead of UK time and slept a bit later that what I wanted to as we have a 500K (300Mile) run today while the weather looks miserable to say the least as it has not stopped with rain showers all night …..
So after breakfast it was off under the low cloud layer for one of the longest runs on the trip….
As the rain came back in….
Then the cloud got lower…..
Getting lower down as we get near Salamanca we see that no progress has been made on the blocks of flats that were being built……
Then we call in to this campsite to have a look at stopping here but found that it is in the middle of nowhere and overpriced, so we came away and got back on the road….
With the town of Simancas in front and a couple of large old buildings….
It’s not much longer till we come to the outskirts of Valladolid with lots more of the unfinished flats/condominiums appearing on the skyline …..
Then it’s back out into the countryside as we then pass by the older but nicer villages….
Oops! Nearly went straight on and ended up on the Toll Road….
Sticking with the Non Toll road while it might be a little slower it is so much more interesting and can also be a shorter route…..
As we came into the valley and down the hill we could see a lot of smoke and thought there was a fire or a bad accident, only to find a chimney in the factory on the right pumping fumes out……
Thankfully after a few minutes travelling along it was back to clean air….
As you enter the next village you have to be a bit cautious as the road narrows in a couple of places while the 40 Tonne Trucks also use the road to stay away from the Toll Road…..
First narrow section and you cannot see what is coming the other way while you have the ‘right of way’!….
Got through that bit OK and then we come to the second narrow part but as it was Sunday, the traffic was light so it was not to bad..…
Coming into the next village…..
We see the small church set into the hill face……
Up and over the river over a narrow bridge…..
While after a few more villages we come to the outskirts of Navarette passing this this happy little chappy….
And the fields of Rioja Vines…..
With a nice display of Pansies in the town as we head on down to the campsite.….
After getting onto the campsite which we used on the way out, we managed to go and take a shower before the guy upstairs turned on the hosepipe, and it never stopped raining for the rest of the day and night.
I did think that we might need to get a couple of paddles tomorrow for the rest of the trip back, but this morning we have a bright blue sky!
Buenos Noches (Spanish ‘Good night’)
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