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=CAMINO del AGUA (and LaAlberca - a small village on the way)=

For a change of scenery (you can only handle so many medieval cities in one week) we headed off to a National Park type area where we could walk the Camino del Agua - a 7km walk through forests, vineyards etc with the sound of water "present all the time" - unfortunately at the end of a long hot summer there is as much water in the creeks etc as there is in Australia. Despite that we enjoyed the walk immensely! the added attraction of providing food on the way - grapes and blackberries were everywhere, many hanging over the track inviting you to sample them (and we did!) Peaches, olives, apples and pears were also seen as well as many other "fruits" we had no idea of.
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 * Much of the walk was similar to a rainforest walk but had

Most of the walk was easy but the last km was all up hill back into the village we started at. Tough but we rewarded ourselves with a drink at the local bar. || ||
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 * The villages on the way to our walk were really interesting - unfortunately I didn't manage a photo of the large pig sleeping soundly in the main square but I did catch this attractive donkey and then later, the same animal and his/her master (below)

The other pics are from two different villages we passed though - both memorable (just can't think of their names - it IS almost midnight after all! Eating out at 10pm eventually wears you down!) || ||
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