La Panadella to Cervera, May 4

The walk from La Panadella to our next destination, Cervera, was very pleasant.  We were mostly on dirt roads through farmland, with a few detours into small villages (handy for refilling a water bottle or wetting down the bandana).  We spent a few km on trails through the hills above the farmland; from the tracks I could tell they also see mountain bike traffic.

At one point we saw a rabbit run across the road; a little while we saw him again, and in typical rabbit fashion he took off running down the road away from us.  A few minutes later we saw him again, running back up the road toward us, with a coyote on his heels.  Both disappeared into the bushes off to the side, but as we didn't hear any commotion we think he made a clean escape.

Cervera is a delightful hill town, about 1000 years old.  We arrived during a market time, bought a few slices of cheese and cured meat to go with the baguette we had in the pack, and voila: lunch. We'd read that the local nuns put up pilgrims, and had no trouble finding their monastery.  They were delighted to see us.  They used to run a school for children, but it was moved some years ago so now the few nuns remaining have only pilgrim traffic to keep them busy and entertained.  We were the only ones there, and had a nice double room with a great view.  Spent the rest of the afternoon walking around and enjoying the town.

Pic shows view from our room in the monastery.

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