Almansa to Alpera; 27 km

Nothing feels better after our break from the Argar than to start walking again.
Today was a very easy walk.

We walked towards the mountains in the west and went left around it. Lots of almond trees in blossom. And incredible how they can get crop out of ‘fields of stones’.

The paths were easy and the incline hardly noticeable.
Halfway we came to the rail track and there should have been a path just before it, going right. But the farmer seems to have extended his field and that path is no more. Only thing you can do is walking along the rail track itself until you see to the right that the path in another part of the field starts again. Then step off the path along the tracks and continue on natural surface.
The weather was nice, full sun but the wind was cold though and it picked up as planned in the afternoon but happily not so much as we feared. It was very walkable.

At 2.30 we entered Alpera, stepping in the first bar we saw open ( la Parrilla ) and had a lovely menu del dia. We like it when we are early enough in the end stage village, but when we walk long stages we just don’t make it in time for the menu del dia.

The Albergue key we could pick up after 16.00 hrs in the library. 7 euro per person. No sheets or pillow cases, but there are a few blankets. Quite cold inside. No heating.
~G

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