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    • TravelerCamino Mozárabe 2023
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      Day 9

      Day 7: Hueneja to Alquife

      May 2, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      Seventh stage, Hueneja to Alquife. 20 km on pleasant paths through almond orchards.
      A few small climbs, nothing too bad, just enough to do a little cardio.
      First stop, Dólar. Unfortunately, nothing is open. We continue our journey, this time with two Irishmen, father and son.
      We take a short break under a beautiful chestnut tree.
      Second stop, Ferreira. We will have our tostadas at the bar El Hogar.
      Then comes La Calahorra, with its castle on the hill. We visited it last year. A mojón tells us that we have walked 100 km from Almería.
      On the way to Alquife we meet a goatherd with his herd. He tells us about the drought, about the greed of human beings in search of money, about the fact that mankind is destroying nature. And he runs off after realising that his herd has wandered too far.
      And finally, at the end of the stage, we arrive in Alquife. The mine is huge and leaves a brown dust everywhere. For the last four days, the town celebrated the feast of the patron saint, San Hermenegildo. We see the remains of the festivities, all the bars and restaurants are closed, and there is not a soul around.
      Tonight we're sleeping in the albergue Lacho.      Read more

    • TravelerSpain and Morocco 2023
      Day 9

      Hueneja to Alquife

      October 11, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Today started with a bit of up to get out of town. Only 4 km to the first stop in Dólar. Unfortunately the bar was closed for renovations but the panadería was open.
      Then more up to Ferreira, more persimmons and the bar was open. More undulations to La Calahorra. This area was seen in such movies as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West and Dr Zhivago. The home of the spaghetti Westerns is not Italy. And apparently the train used in all of these movies is sitting in a shed somewhere nearby, the same train.
      It is Wednesday, the one day of the week the castle is open. I was making good time so I decided to go up and have a closer look, I asked at the town hall (ayuntamiento) if I could leave my bag (mochilla), but no. So I carried it up. Unfortunately you had to wait for a tour guide to go inside , and no one knew when that was going to happen. So I walked down again. A bit of a To the Lighthouse moment.
      It was a fairly easy walk to Alquife, past a huge mine, then up a hill to the albergue. The shop was closing at 2pm, I managed to leave my pole (bastón) at the counter, but it was still there at 5pm when the shop reopened.      Read more

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