Country roads

Been walking onward for a couple days without posting. Stayed in Lorca 2 nights ago where I met Molly, from Newcastle, and Josephine, from rapid city. Wow! Josephine was heading back home due to an injury and Molly was continuing on her own. She is meeting 2 of her daughters at different times along the way. Since there has been a bit of a small group of folks that travel the same distance each day. This will be our 3rd night together. There is Molly, georgette and me, of course, and Maureen from Connecticut travelling with a woman from Israel. A middle aged couple, newlywed and a few others. Most I can't remember names for or don't know their names. We visit as they pass on the trail then again at night. Last night stayed in a 400 year old tiny building with 8 of us in the room. That was in Villamayor. Tonight is Torres del Rio. Tomorrow is supposed to be hot, in the 90's, and we plan to go to the city of Logrono. I don't care to stay in the city but there is really no other option. The countryside is full of wheat field much like eastern SD farms, and interrupted with fields of grapevines. We walk through enormous valleys bounded by mountains. When we look ahead it is with hope that we do not have to climb over those mountains but that there will be a level path as there was today. Lots of house sparrows and swallows. Heard a cuckoo today again.