Broken, cold and of medium quality

 It is the 23rd October. Spanish wiki has some things for this date. Most are not Spanish however today in 1702 the Battle of Rande [or Vigo] in which our brave boys - by which I mean the Anglo-Dutch Fleet under Admiral Rooke, took on the Bourbons, under Admiral Velasco y Tejada and gave him a bit of a thrashing - all the Bourbon ships were sunk.  Because of this Vigo Street, London got its name.  



We are off to El Pobo de Duenas. Literally. We are going to have to detour to get to it. It is another town that bears tribute to the effect of Spain’s economic miracle of the towns in the 1960s.  The population doubled between 1842 and 1857. By 1887 it was over 1000 and peaked at 1100 in 1910. In the 1920s it sunk back to the 700s, drifted to 550 in 1960 and thereafter steadily declined to the present 103.





Our old friends the GSH reported in 1845, POBO ( el ): l. with town hall in the province of Guadalajara (25 leagues).  Situated on rough terrain with good ventilation and a cold climate ; it has 84 houses , the town hall, jail, primary school attended by 40 students, paid for by local taxes, 2 springs of good water; a parish church (the Assumption of Our Lady) served by a priest and a sacristan. The land is broken, cold and of medium quality; it comprises two hills of holm oak and oak, sparsely populated; Roads : local roads and the old Madrid-Valencia highway, all in poor condition. Mail : received and dispatched in the district capital. Production : wheat, rye, barley, oats, and legumes, firewood, and pasture grasses used to raise sheep and goats; hunting of hares, rabbits, and partridges. Industry : agriculture. Population : 92 households, 324 inhabitants.




We will wander into town and turn at the Parroquia de Nuestra Senora de la Asunción.  It has four reviews. It gains 4.8 stars. No one really says why.




Wandering back we will pass the ethnographic museum, which appears closed and what appears to be the town hall - which is open 10am to 2pm Tuesdays and Fridays.  Two years ago Javier wrote ‘It's a small town hall where, except for the secretary, nobody gets paid. Those who work there do it out of love for their town. I believe the new council is entirely made up of women. With their hard work, they're really helping the little town thrive. Thank you for liking and rating. Warm regards.’   The website link won’t open.



On the way out of town is the Ermita de la Virgen del Campo.  Javier went there and left the only review. ‘Small rural chapel with a large garden with trees and benches and a children's playground’






Once more we go to the N-211 and the possibility of leaving La Mancha.
















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