Where once there were as many students as there are today people

October 11, 2026

Into the countryside and a day of thinking about things and all that.

We will get to 966m above sea level at our highest. This is equal to the peak of Lata Mountain, the highest point of American Samoa. Heading round Europe The Faroe Islands high point is 880m, the Netherlands make it 870, Belgium 694m, Denmark 171m, and Vatican City 75m.

If it helps, and why should it, Andorra’s lowest point is 840m.

We are heading for Mantiel. Currently 28 people live here. Once it was different. Yes, we are going to the GSD.

MANTIEL: village with town hall in the province of Guadalajara situated on the slope of a hill that protects it from the south winds, and is freely exposed to the others: its climate is cold and the most common illnesses are chest ailments; it has 100 houses , the town hall with a granary for the storehouse, whose fund consists of 55 fanegas of wheat; a primary school attended by 25 students of both sexes, under the charge of a teacher who is also the sacristan, endowed with 1,100 reales; two springs of good water, which supply the neighborhood for drinking and other domestic uses; a parish church. (Our Lady of Consolation) annexed to that of Chillaron, served by a lieutenant appointed by the priest of the mother church; there is a well-ventilated cemetery in possession that does not offend public health. terrain broken for the most part with some valleys, is stony, loose, of little crumb and dryland, except for a small meadow irrigated with a stream of perennial course, which in an E. to W. direction runs to flow into the Tagus; there are two hills of holm oak and scrub oak. Roads : those leading to the neighboring villages, all bridleways and in fair condition. Mail : received and dispatched at the Budia post office by a postman paid by several villages. Products : wheat, barley, oil, wine, beans, potatoes, vegetables, cherries, walnuts, firewood, and pasture grasses, which support sheep, goats, cattle, mules, and donkeys; there is hunting of partridges, rabbits, some hares, deer, and roe deer, and vermin such as wolves and foxes; fishing for eels, trout, barbel, and bass. Industries : agriculture, two mills (one for flour and one for oil), and muleteering, which some residents engage in. Trade : export of surplus produce and import of goods. of consumption that are lacking: several of the muleteers of the town, and other neighbors are engaged in the trade of leather and fish. Population : 90 households, 372 inhabitants.

The usual decline in population plunged to 24 in 1981, rose to 94 in 2001 and then fell again.

Mantel has a bar, Taberna Aman-Tiel. It is closed on Monday. Tuesday to Friday it is open 9.30 am to 9.30pm. Saturday and Sunday is open at 10am. Cesar reported, a month ago, ‘It's a pleasure to spend a good time in the bar, just like you're at home. . Jose confirmed this vibe with ‘Magnificent village bar and even better people running the bar, a 10 for Fabian and Patri’

Over the road is the town hall. https://www.aytomantiel.es/ No one has reviewed it. It is open 6-9pm Wednesday, 5-9pm on Saturdays. Adult education lectures take place on Wednesdays from 7.30-9pm.