Tuesday 24th of July 2012,
Out on the road at first light at another hot one, they say 38C today. Easy walking ... reach next town, Madrigal de la Vera and have some breakfast ..... then off again, a bit of up and down this stretch but make Villanueva de la Vera right on midday (21.4km the gps tells me) ... temperature gauge tells me its 32C. Need to get some more sunblock and energy drink, last hour was hot with little or no shade.
Then find a bar/cafe/taverna and relax, the sign says madrid 173km my gps tells me I have walked over 200km, now where is that beer, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
This is quite a colourful town, some very brightly painted houses and businesses.
Got talking to a couple from Boston at the bar, they are touring around Spain .... and even with an air conditioned hire car, they say its too hot to do any touristy things in the afternoon.
So had a few interesting hours of conversation, made arrangements to catch up for diner and off for the siesta.
An enjoyable diner and speaking English, great and back to room about 1am and catch up with the blog.