Abrucena

Fifth stage, from Nacimiento to Abrucena, 18.5km.
A quiet start, it's Sunday, everyone is sleeping, including the bar owner. She had told us she would be there at 7 am. The owner of the small shop in Nacimiento, who is awake this Sunday morning at 7:30 am, offers us yoghurts because the bar is not open. ¡Gracias José!
We had a break for tostadas in Doña María's bar, and off to Abla.
At the second motorway underpass approaching Abla, we ignored the big yellow crosses on the pillars and followed the rambla. Last year we had followed the arrows, and the endless shadeless bitumen road, trying to avoid cars. Annie would remember this stretch.
Today, we chose the rambla with shady areas, no traffic, and we were not really bothered by the rocky path.
A quick visit to the albergue d'Abla, and we arrived in Abrucena, in the new albergue. Abla's hospitalero had told us to take the road from Abla to Abrucena, but we should have followed the arrows which led to a path. It's nicer, said Mercedes of the Asociación. Following the road meant that there were no arrows to lead us to the albergue.
It's a brand new comfortable albergue, with 6 beds. There is a washing machine which is not yet connected to a tap, but the spinning cycle works 😄. The fridge cable is too short to reach a power point, and we couldn't find an extension cord 😄.
We had a good lunch at the Restaurante Bar Fuente Parrilla, where Gloria runs the show, and Jesús makes good food.
Another glorious day! 😊Weiterlesen