Today was seriously hot and we were glad that it was supposed to be a nice easy short day. But before getting on track we had to climb in the heat for a couple of km to visit Loarre Castle. It is truly magnificent and very much intact despite being centuries old. It was strange to be amongst other tourists - who all drove there of course. We even, stupidly, turned down the offer of a ride.
But that was just the first stupid decision of the day. The next was to try and traverse from the Castle to a sanctuary built high up in rocky cliffs. There was a marked track of sorts, but it went on and on and on. The heat was killing and we got totally fed up, never quite made it. Later we could look back up and see what we missed - quite amazing that people used to live there.
Then we got to Bolea, expecting to have a cheapo night at the albergue - but they wouldn't let us as we are not pilgrims going to Santiago de Compostella. The places seemed to be all booked out, but a lovely man and his sweet daughter Ione and her little cousins came to our rescue. 2 hours later we were given a tiny little room but it is so cute and we are so so so happy. Thank you so much Ione!!
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