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Stirling Ridge Traverse - Day 2

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Evening Hike

We left our alburgue with the sun this morning and quickly stumbled upon a metalworking shop on the trail. The blacksmith was busy creating trinkets which they sell to pilgrims and it was really cool to see it all in action. I bought a small shell as a keepsake. Shortly after we passed the infamous wine fountain, which is literally just a free flowing win spout which can be freely drunk from. I didn’t partake but a cool little side quest for those who do!  We could see this castle like structure on top of a hill in the distance for most of the morning and once we arrived at a nearby town we realised that it wasn’t actually on our route. Dan and I decided we wanted to see it thought and took a 5+km detour up and down the mountain. It was well worth it, we toured a 1,000+ year old castle ruin that had some real history and also some epic views. We chatted to some locals who were also visiting the site and they shared with us some interesting information about the region, including the fact that you can see 60 villages from the castle, which blew my mind!

A few more hours of walking in the afternoon heat and Dan and I caught up to the girls at our town for the night, Los Arcos. We settled in and had a fairly restless sleep due to the heat throughout the night, but I was very content with one of my favourite days on trail so far. I have a weird pain / burning in my left eye which I think is the onset of conjunctivitis so I’m hoping that doesn’t get much worse…

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