Drizzly start to the morning. N+G go to find a vet to look at the lesion on Cleo's paw, so we head into town to meet later. Zafra appears to be a very friendly town, many locals seem to know each other and meet with kisses or handshakes. The old part is charming; pebble patterned courtyards surrounded with old stone and brick arcades. Many houses still have the old style balcony windows, finely cast iron frames with finials and scrollwork. Storks sit in nest...

Not a sound in the night. When we say good morning to N+G we all claim to have seen the lynx, but then own up to both Nicks using the same brand of shower gel. We cross the large bridge over the depleted waterway and join the main road towards Merida. It is mostly flat and straight as we pass more olive plantations, rather than the scattered woods we saw yesterday these are orderly groves wit trees varying in size from mature down to newly planted sprigs i...