Short beautiful dry (almost) day

Cantamuda to Camasobres
13.5 km, 600 m

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When I went to bed last night at about nine, there was one good thing and one bad thing. The good thing was that the heat was still coming out of the radiator; the bad thing was that it was thundering and pouring rain. I woke up to loud thunderbolts several times during the night. When I woke up this morning, no rain, but a very heavy cloud cover.

Just like yesterday, the forecast said no rain till the afternoon. I set off with no illusions about the weather, hoping to make the very short day without too much rain.

I arrived at my destination well before noon and was delighted to find that there was someone inside the Posada where I am staying. I am once again the only guest, but there is a restaurant downstairs so I will not starve.

The walk was quite beautiful — every now and then the sun would pop out from behind clouds. After all that qrain, I had expected much more mud and puddles than I encountered. I walked through some beautiful squishy green meadows, with lots of spring flowers. Through a lot of cattle grazing country and always those shear rocks all around. I’m sure there are higher peaks that were hidden because of the cloud cover, but what I could see was really beautiful.

My plan for the day had been to leave my pack at the Posada and takeoff on a circular hike to a local peak. But it really doesn’t look too promising. The weather forecast shows some improvement in the afternoon, so I will be ready to go on a moment’s notice.

Before I left my pensión, I made a firm decision that I wasn’t going to obsess about the rain, that I was just going to walk and enjoy what came my way. And I did. And I also decided that I’m not going to fret about the longer term forecast . At least not until I get caught outside in a thunderstorm!Læs mere