Friday Oct. 31st 2014 Torremejía to Merida 15 km.

Vultures in the air  Merida aquaduct Albergue de peregrinos Merida in an old  water mill Albergue in Merida basement under the albergue where I don’t want to lodge my animals   After a short trip of 15 km I arrived from Torremejía in a pilgrims’ hostel in the beautiful city of Merida. An about 600 m. long Roman 

Thursday Oct. 30th 2014 open air Villafranca to Torremejía 32 km

From this place I hope to stay away a while Albergue de Pelegrinos Torremejia Torremejia The back of albergue Torremejía, where Tosca and Leon slept outside After a long day of more than 30 km and after picking a lot of grapes as a supplementary nutrition, we arrived at a charming inn in Torremejia. The only present 

Wednesday oct. 29th 2014 Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros 19,2 km

  Wating for the store to open Albergue Fuenta de Cantos   Early morning I packed my scattered, meanwhile dried up togs, ate some bread with sausage, which I had been carrying for days, packed the horse and with the first sun rays I hit the road. Today I didn’t really feel relaxed, probably because 

Tuesday oct. 28th 2014 Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos 20,7 km.

  Waiting for the optometrist to open his store at 10 in Monasterio   Possible place to sleep   Albergue Fuenta de Cantos   Side of albergue Fuente de C It was quite a night outside, 5 km before Monesterio. With those pigs during the night and barking Tosca. At the break of the day I got 

Monday 27 oct. 2014 Almaden de la Plata – Monesterio 27.5 km.

Bivouac as swineherd next to the pigs. Nice landscape Many half wild pigs Big guard dogs    Yesterday I arrived in Almaden. But because of the painful hindquarters of Leon (behind he has no irons and in front the irons are too worn), we didn’t advance quickly.  On the numerous gravel and rocky paths he 

26 oct. 2014 Sunday Almaden 29,2 km.

I slept in the open field under the open sky, while Leon was locked into a path, which was closed at one end by a fence, at the sides by wire and the other side was sealed by me by stretching a rope. Passing the night with Tosca against me also is no real fun, 

Saterday 25 Oct. 2014 . Guillena – Castelblanca 17,7 km.

He had never taken a picture before dangerous road Oches drawn chariot Altruism picture mistake with local campañero   decorated donkies+Dutch donkey at harvest festival Saturday Saturday Oct 25. 2014 Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos 27 km. Today the weather is nice. My dear brothers abandoned me today. Shortly before their departure, we saw 

Friday 24 Oct. 2014 Sevilla-Guillena 22,7 km.

For a horse Sevilla is a disaster. Fortunately, the route Via de la Plata is marked, because you can not lead a horse in one hand, in the other hand hold a dog and in the mean time read the road in a book or GPS. Fortunately one does not go through the busiest shopping 

Thursday 23 oct. 2014 from Cabezas to Utrera. More than 30 km.

On my way from Sacramento – Las Cabezas to Los Palacios. Today I had hardly anything to eat or to drink. In the shade the temperature was far above 30 degrees C. According to brother Jack temperatures in the sun on asphalt will get over 50 degees C. !! ?? According to the T.V. the 

Wednesday 22 oct. 2014 from Arcos to Cabezas

Yesterday, wednesday oct. 22nd, a phone call from los dos hermanos (my two brothers). They had an explanation for the strange noice under the car. The cardans of the jeep had gone to hell. A few days before they already had fixed a licenseplate. But the noice was not gone.   It would take my