The atmosphere, due to the loud modern disco music, is somewhat horrible

I would like to say that the attempt to keep this real - in a pottering forward with no great idea of where we are going next - reaches its zenith this day.  Not only do we start in a dead end but, by the end of it, the great decision to head for coast turns out to be misguided as the walkable road runs out and we are having to head back inland.  A lot of the start and end of the day will be spent in 2008 but we will pass, briefly, through 2025.



Lets nip over the fence and breakfast in the motorway service cafe, Restaurante Mundo.  It opens at 6am and closes at 10pm [7am on Mondays] https://consolepsp.com/restaurante-mundo It gets a solid 4 stars from over 2000 reviewers.   A week ago Alan wrote ‘Foods fine reasonably priced plenty of parking space.’  Felix gave a heartfelt three stars. ‘Restaurant Cafeteria EL MUNDO in Fasnia, Tenerife, offers quite good quality with a varied menu, good prices, and excellent service with very friendly staff. The atmosphere, due to the loud modern disco music, is somewhat horrible, so people have to shout, making it impossible to stand the volume of noise, which sometimes makes even the food taste bad.



We are passing Las Eras.  It seems to be a place that has, mostly, existed as a place to be by the sea. I can only find a wiki page in Spanish and it has all the brevity of a place which has gone from tiny hamlet to village recently.  In 2000 the permanent population was 223, in 2020 in 325.  Most of the wiki page is given over to why the place is named the way it should be.



‘There are four hypotheses regarding the origin of the neighborhood's name. The first alludes to the possible presence of threshing floors for threshing grain; the second refers to a deformation of the word "Las Ceras" (Waxes) , alluding to the fact that a large amount of wax of unknown origin traditionally appeared on its beaches; the third derives it from the Guanchismo " Eres" (you are) , which in the ancient dialect of Tenerife designated the small pools at the bottom of ravines that held rainwater for a certain period of time to the relief of shepherds and farmers. The fourth and last, defended by the local families, is "Las Ceras" (Waxes), referring to the remains of wax that were left on the cliffs during the processions of "maguas" (woman-made women) in their rituals to commemorate the sun, flax, and fertility at different times of the year, and which is recorded in oral tradition from generation to generation’.



In the bit of Las Eras which is west of the TF-1 is the R.Rancel Nail bar.  I think we need a bit of self love. https://www.rrancelnails.es/   It is open 9 till 1 and 3.30-5.00 weekdays. There are no reviews.  I call on you to answer the call and head out here at once and review.

We will end the day heading up, along the TF-622 and past the closed firework shop.





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