It is a bit frosty out

 It is a bit frosty out. For best, walking at dusk or dawn is favourite. Night walking is private and enclosed. It always a bit of shock when the light comes streaming back and people can see your preambulations. Today's soundtrack has beeb Miracles of Sant'Iago by the Anonymous 4. It is music for candles in the shadows and the fading light of a winter's day.  https://www.discogs.com/release/7152798-Anonymous-4-Miracles-Of-SantIago




We seem to be moving along through the well watered lowlands before leaving the greater treed roadside and back to the meseta. Around the border of this event is the village of Calazda de Molinos. It has a name. We are moving from La Vega to Tierra de Campos. 320 people live in the village, which is less than the 600 of 1930, but this is a less dramatic decline than elsewhere.




Don't get your hopes up with the town website. It is big on the St James’ day fiesta - which goes on from 21st July to 29th https://calzadadelosmolinos.es/noticias/ but isn’t as active as you’d hope. I’ve tried to join the Facebook group but I don’t hold out much hope.


  


It is time to move from the retail end of things to the root of the beer. Arnillas Garcia SL distributes things. They have a website domain registered but no website. Monica will cut your hair in a 4.7 stars sort of a way. Carlos says
Good professional, fast and efficient with very competitive prices.
To highlight the concern about anticovid measures, something that in many establishments is already being left a little aside
Anway. Back on the road.



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