Casar de Caceres to Cañavaral

It was another long walk today (21 ish miles). The first two and a half hours was great...a flat and rock-free farm road through hills with loads of cows which I enjoy. There were huge boulders and unusual rock formations on either side of the road. Sometimes the cows would rub against these big rocks in order to scratch their necks. There were pretty, yet frightening mountains in the background. I say "frightening" because when I see them, I fear I must scale them. The second phase of the walk was on the road which is hard on the feet but allows for quick walking...I walked all around a HUGE reservoir which I have been by on a bus before which takes nearly an hour to get around by bus so the walking was rather lengthy. This route is hard because the stages are quite long and there is NOTHING inbetween....no cafés, no fountains/water supply, etc. So it makes for long days where you must carry all food and water which isn't nearly as fun as stopping every hour for a drink/snack/chat. And the last 6 miles was on a sometimes rocky path up and down hills to the town of Cañavaral where I discoverd that the albergue was closed so now I am staying at a rather dodgy pension but I couldn´t stand to walk 6 more miles to the next town. Gemma (aka "Eggyolk") is here as well as new friend, Alfonso the French-Canadian doctor. It looks like some more long days ahead for us. The weather continues to be glorious although today was a little on the warm side.