Today’s theme continues with olives, but branches off in a different direction, at last. You need to understand that walking leaves one with a lot of time to ponder the trivial, as well as the important. First the olives. Different amounts of cultivation effort are noticeable. Here is an hard-working fellow who circles each tree.…

The day started as usual – a walk out of town with a castle/fortress on the hill. A couple of Germans came up behind. Very soon we got into the theme for the day: Olives. Olives in bloom… Olives by an ancient well, with a field of solar panels in the background… Olives with wild…

On exiting the town, we finally had a view of the castle. Here comes Lori – a former Canadian who has lived many years in Australia. Many almond trees are in blossom… I had to retrieve my rain jacket from the bottom of my pack for the first time, but we had just some sprinkles…

Lovely walking to start – past some places where both sides in the Spanish civil war were holed up. One can imagine the sniping that could have taken place. Then we had views of the quintessential Spanish landscape of olive trees. In a couple of villages we’ve seen communal laundries in good condition but don’t…