Not much to say but a decent amount to look at.

 Well, a quick 180o turn as we missed the track across the rolling hillsides of Andalucia. We have nice trees to look at but most of the fun is backloaded into the end of the day.




Towards the end of the day we are near Castillo del Guijarro.  Acisclo gives us the account.  ‘Guijarro Castle is located on the El Castillo estate, southwest of the town of Azuel, part of the municipality of Cardeña, province of Córdoba.  This castle is of Moorish origin.  There are remains of a double tower. Among the remains of the fortification is the current chapel of the Virgin of Romero. The Treasure of Azuel was found at this site. Under the protection of the Generic Declaration of the Decree of April 22, 1949, and Law 16/1985 on Spanish Historical Heritage. ‘





Next is the white painted pueblo of Azuel.  So isolated are we that it only has a wiki page in Spanish and then, barely.  We might as well have it all:


‘It is located in the region known as Valle de los Pedroches , within the Sierra de Cardeña y Montoro Natural Park in the Sierra Morena mountain range . The Yeguas River flows through a narrow gorge nestled between mountains covered in splendid Mediterranean forest, whose most unusual feature is the numerous stands of centuries-old Pyrenean oak trees . This area is a refuge for the last remaining Andalusian wolves and lynxes .’




208 people lived here in 2023.



We will be passing a weighbridge. It is unreviewed. You know what you have to do.



That’s it kids.  Time to relax.














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