We left Villafranco around 0700 as usual. There was some pretty path along the way, though what we mostly remember about the day is the continuous climbing. Very little of that climbing was given back. It just went up, up, up. We had a bite of breakfast around 9:30 or 10. The path kept on. We passed Hotel Valcarce, that is named after the river we must have crossed about 7 times. Those folks have a bar, a restaurant, a hotel, bus and truck parking...it reminded us of Complejo Leo on the Via de la Plata. But we had eaten, visited facilities, and we're generally good, so we didn't go in.
We started climbing for real at about Las Herrerias, which at one time was an iron processing town. We had a small sip there and headed out. We passedca cutoff for La Faba, but we didn't go there as we had discovered that neither of the lodgings there have wifi. Actually in the event I considered how the whole place was probably tucked insight to the canyon walls and wondered to DH if the town even had cell service. Much less internet. (Memories of driving through the Missouri hollows and losing active calls with every dip in the road stay with me.) We headed on. Using the paved road that was also the bike route. After many turns and twists, and many stops for breath, we arrived at La Laguna. This is a tiny village with only one place to stay. We were lucky and they found room for two more heads to lie down on pillows. (Which after almost 29 km of climbing all day, I was extremely grateful for.)
We're pretty much at the top now, expecting ridge walking tomorrow before beginning the great downhill walking.
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