Just a side note: When I retired a year and a half ago, I couldn’t walk 1.5 miles without a break or two if any incline was involved. So I started walking. And walking. I have no idea what kind of weight loss this trek will do, but with the walking and very little attention to caloric intake, I was down about 40 pounds before I left. Persistence and consistency. In very small increments. And I can do this. I don’t go as far or as fast as I would have at 62, but 72 is doing it.
October 5 Camponaraya & Ponferrada – Wanderings
October 5 Ponferrada & Camponaraya – Today’s Adventure

There may well be further tales to illuminate her readers after she takes a nap and perhaps finds some nourishment.
She also has a new SIM card – one that speaks Spanish – so to speak… She had stopped into the Orange store (the outfit that supports her SIM card), and the vendor couldn’t help her because it was a French SIM card. The advice was to replace the card with a Spanish SIM card.
She went to the mall in Ponferrada but had to wait a considerable length of time to get it hooked up and running.
The photos at the bottom were used to help me understand where she was so I could advise which way to go… not a very fluid process…