Almaden de la Plata to El Real de la Jara (distance 10.2 miles)
Still on bread and water diet. Stephen is eating a little better although not by much since we only snack on the few items we are sometimes able to purchase.
Beautiful walk along meadows of holm oak and some cork oak. Smaller variety if wildflowers than yesterday but a lot of cistus bushes and species of broom (yellow flowers) and rockroses. Also pigs, horses, sheep and goats. Frequent but modest ups and downs.
El Real de la Jara is a pretty hillside town with a population of about 1600 people.
We checked into our hostel in an unattractive industrial area. The hostel itself was a tad depressing with very unattractive room furnishings and bedding. However, the room was quite large and there was a washer AND DRIER!! in the bathroom (60 euros).
Walked into town for water and up to the 14th C castle of unknown origin (but undoubtedly Christian).
