Pola de Allende to Berducedo

What an incredible, wonderful, strenuous day in-between burst of should drenching rain. Today was absolutely the top of the world.  It started with a big and I mean steep climb.  Thought I would never make it to the top.  It was raining but when I got to the top it quit raining and I had the most beautiful vistas.  

Then I thought I was going to be going down since I was at the top of the world but I wasn’t quite there yet.  I went down slightly and rounded a corner and there was some more up. Unfortunately, after I had taken off my rain gear the rain started back and when I got to the top, I was literally surrounded by the raining cloud.

It is really hard to eat and drink when it is raining.  Finally the rain stopped again and I sat down to eat and had no more than about four bites of my roasted chicken (left over from last night) when it started to rain again.  I quick threw everything in my back pack and headed on.  It was a shame I was on top of a mountain ridge in the tiniest little village.  It was quite the scenic spot and I had four chickens for company.

A little later, I took my rain gear off but decided not to finish my lunch because I had between two and three miles left to go and I thought I would just finish my lunch at the hotel.  I was getting pretty hungry!  I didn’t get vey far this time and the sky opened up and then I couldn’t find my hotel.  Really frustrating when it is raining because there is no one out to ask!  I am staying in a charming B & B with very modern decor rooms and slanted ceilings.  I finally wolfed down my lunch and then headed to a bar because the wifi in the hotel is very week. My only complaint about my hotel is that it has a toilet lid like a snapping turtle.  There isn’t a human on earth who could raise the lid up and sit down before it snaps shut. It is a toss-up over whether you should try to sit really quickly or wedge your fanny in-between and schooch onto the seat.  It is like something from candid camera.  Must have been invented by someone who hated seeing the toilet lid up!