Labitolosa and La Puebla de Castro

A circular walk from the campsite, taking in Labitolosa (the remains of a Roman village), La Puebla de Castro (the local hilltop village) and Iglesia de San Román de Castro.

The village was a twisty maze of passages and the bar was shut unfortunately (we were hoping for a coffee) but the butchers (Embutidos el Cortante) was open and sold cold drinks and local vegetables which was good because the campsite shop is a bit basic to say the least.

I convinced Sara to walk an extra mile and was half up a hill to see the Iglesia de San Román de Castro (church) which supposedly has paintings from the 3rd century (or something like that) but the place was closed when we got there. Bloodly churches... no commitment to customer service!

Despite that it was a very nice, if a bit hot, walk. We deffo needed a beer (alcohol-free!) when we got back.

Oh, and we had to turn the van round when we got back because the Belgian couple about 3 pitches along from us insist on playing their radio all day (not loud, but loud enough that we can hear it). Our awning now faces away from them. Funny, because you expect disturbance to be coming from younger people, not people our age! Tut, tut.

Btw, today marks 2 weeks away, so a quarter of our traveling time has gone. That said, we still have 6 weeks, so no worries! 😀Read more