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At The River near Alcolea del Rio
My Beautiful Campspot is located directly next to the Arroyo de Matillas, a small river running into the main Rio Guadalquivir closeby. This Was It !!! I had water and simple food for 2+ days, and I could wash myself (sorry, no selfies, I always forget) and my clothes in the river. The next morning I tested the riverwater by drinking a little, and then some more. I never drink nor eat anything I never had before later at any day since that could easily completely ruin your night's sleep. Here nothing wrong happened, so aqua (and it's weight) was no problem.
The Arroyo de Matillas stream runs down (yes !) from a hill in the south and seems to start in an oliveyard. That could mean a risk to have pesticides in that water but since there is hardly any rain all year I think chemicals sprayed to "whatever" will stay there "forever" and not flush anywhere. So I think this water is not or almost not influenced by humans. Up to my campspot that is ...
But for food I would have to find a solution because I decided instantly to stay here for a Longer While. First in my dreams, but the next morning in real.
As usual it was very difficult to find a flat and horizontal spot but this was it 👌 !
I could easily keep a close eye at (the cooling of) my bottles waiting for me in the River 😎. I guess the temperature of the water is some 20C so with an airtemperature of +40C the drinks taste oké.
That evening I decided to try this instantmeal that was in my foodbag for quite some weeks already. It didn't taste very well but I therefor always have molho soja and salsa picanta in stock.
The next morning I first heard a 2-stroke moped nearing from along the offroad along the canal. Then I heard bells rinkling : Yes, sheep were coming over here ! Do I 👍 like that ! I met the moped-shepperd and his dog and we had a nice conversation. He also made clear he comes here every morning and every afternoon. Although we could not understand each other 🙃. We managed to ask and make clear where I could find a mercado, and maybe a bar.
So the next morning I cycled to El Calonge, a very small village at some 5kms.
First I came along "the" bar, but it was closed for the day.
But luckily the minimercado was open. And there was one more bar but it was also closed, forever I was informed. But as usual in small towns minimercados always adapt to the situations by selling everything extra that is not available (anymore). Like very cold softdrinks, so I bought one zero calories drink and drank it outside at a bench.
Then I cycled all six streets 😉 of the village, to have a look for maybe a next place to camp. There was a small parc that I liked but to many people would see and watch me all days. And as usual2 all was fenced directly outside town. To bad, but no problem, the weather was very oké, my campspot was magnificant and food and coffee were very were closeby and cold beer was somewhat closeby. I bought one more cold zero calories softdrink, some small things to eat and returned "home".
Next to that minimercado is a gate with a "writing error" 😁. I guess it was a bad day for it's creator when someone informed him (or her) on that.
That evening I tasted these garbanzos cocidos. They always taste somewhat dry but once more my special sauces did the job. They seem to be quite healty and you need only little to feel satisfied. But there were no small(er) pots available and keeping the rest in good order is rather difficult at some +40C. At the end of the second day they had "changed'.
The next day I returned to visit that bar. It would be nice if I could have something to eat there, plus a table to do some computerwork then I would need to recharge my laptop every day. The phone is no problem (...) since I charge it by connecting it to the laptop. That creates a slow charging which is perfect for the chemical lifetime of batteries. And I liked it there, and it was no problem to use a table and a walloutlet. So during my stay I cycled overthere everyday, except for one. Drinks and food were good and the people and the prices were friendly.
By the time the cafe closed for siesta I returned and chargeed my powerbank with my large solarpanel that I hang at the tripod and move with the sun.
Along the road there had been a fire at both sides which must have been caused by a cigarette.
But there was one very strange detail : a crate full of bottles aside the road but without the crate anymore 👀. In southern countries garbage is always around everywhere.
In the meanwhile I discovered ants eating plastic. Which is quite rare so they will not safe the world. But themselfs they will ...
I sometimes walked with the shepperd to see the sheep making there round in this forest.
And so also discovered these beehives. When I came closer the shepperd started to warn me very loud. But despite coming here twice every day all year he did not see that there were no bees here anymore.
They had probably died by a disease or had left for whatever reason. Too bad, they help the world grow.
I have also visited the
Bees in Morocco in the middle of nowhere Yeswhere 🖱️
and the
Black bees in Mons la Trivalle, France 🖱️.
And I had a meet and greet with a
beautiful bee-eater at the Ecovia 11 cycleroute, Portugal 🖱️.
But what do the sheep eat here anyway ??? There is no green food, all there is are last years leafes. And they are so dry that I even am a bit worried that a fire could start to easily. My "luck" would then be that I am close to the river. I could maybe even save part of my equipment in it, although it is quite fast streaming and the other side is to steep to climb or save materials on.
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I had a very good night's sleep. Once More ! Next !