Pancorbo to Frías

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Another day, another beautiful walk, and another beautiful town. Up and over the mountain on a forest dirt path, then around and about on a bunch of different regional hiking paths that were all connected.

Frías, my destination, is one of the “pueblos más bonitos de España.” And it surely is. I could see the town, its Castle, its church, all spread out up on top of a big rock, from about 12 kms away.

I got to my hotel, and after the normal routine, I decided to walk to a small town, Tobera, about 3 km away. The Camino will pass by there tomorrow, but I wanted to have plenty of time to see the church and the waterfalls.

As I was getting ready to leave, I decided I should probably bring my fleece with me since it really cools off at night. My fleece? Where was it? Back in the hotel restaurant, where I must’ve left it last night draped over the back of my chair. I called the Hostal and sure enough there it was. I asked if they could try to find someone who might want to drive it over here for me. They said they’d call me in a few hours. So I asked our hotel owner if she had any ideas about someone who might want to do it.

As I was walking back to Frías from the town with the waterfalls, I got a call from the hotel owner. She told me her husband just arrived from Bilbao (where they live), and that he would be happy to drive me over.

Well, not only did he drive me over and back, but he took a circle route to show me different things. We climbed up to the top of a lookout point, saw some castle ruins, and gazed down at the herd where he says the best beef in the area comes from. Of course, I could not convince him to take any money, and once again I am the beneficiary of such tremendous kindness. I could not imagine how I was ever going to get my fleece back, since there are no taxi cabs for at least 50 miles, and I also couldn’t imagine how I could keep on walking Caminos without that fleece.Read more