Mo with Sue (facebook - Suseya) who was
travelling in the opposite direction
The beautiful downhill path to Molinoseca
The mountain village of Acebo
Walking through another mountain village
Expensive breakfast at the Albergue followed by a beautiful downhill walk to Molinaseca. Narrow paths bordered with dog roses, rock roses, yellow and white broom. Definitely a path not to be missed. I texted Bernt to tell him he has got to do the camino again as he missed the best bit!
Ran into Ruth again st coffee break at Molinoseca and walked into Ponferrada with her.
We stayed in the large municipal hostel that sleeps 200 - fortunately in small rooms. Much prefer smaller, less impersonal but this is all there is. For the first time we had to queue up on arrival. It was hot, we were tired so it was hot. One of the hospitaliers brought cold drinks to the queue.
After showers, we went to a restaurant for a late Spamish lunch with Ruth and shared a table with Argentinian Pablo who is not a pilgrim but on a years travel in Europe.
We stayed in the restaurant until 5 ish, then went to see the Knights Templar castle that's being restored. Found the first outdoor shop and bought a new head torch. Got money out as last big place with these facilities for a while.
Isn't Molinaseca a lovely town? In 2005, on my camino, I met a Spanish man at the refugio there who was on his 24th (I think) camino at the age of 83!
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