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LAND OF PLENTY

eaving the village of Guijo de Santa Bárbara, we climb upward through oak woods, green pastures and rocky escarpments scented with heather and broom. Stone barns with mosscovered roofs stand guard beside the trail, a testament to the shepherding still practised in these highlands. Crossing a meadow stippled with wildflowers, my guide Andrés puts a

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