My oh my....we're in July.

[Bierzo Baggie]

Tried out the flash, new trail running shoes I’d bought from Brian’s shop but ran so slow I might as well have worn my bulky walking boots. Jumped some rocks and crossed the wobbly bridge, then turned left, climbing up to the village of Otero along a track that sported a symbolic layer of tarmac, so pot-holed that it was undrivable for any normal car. Passed about a dozen old folk walking up to mass at the primitive, Romanesque church halfway up the hill. Then followed the Aquilianos route intending to continue climbing over Monte Pajariel but it was the same old story. Too hot. Too tired. So instead , dropped down to San Lorenzo and ran back along the road. Crossed the river again and walked the last bit.
Running time 44 minutes.