Friday is market day in Dolores. A large traditional Spanish street market is held the year round and we needed some fruit and vegetables. We had cycled the three plus miles from Sheppards Rest and our plan for the remainder of the day was a 12 mile circular ride through the local natural park with a nice long lunch in the middle.

Lunch was at casa Harrys in San Felipe Neri and whilst this might sound like a British export it certainly isn’t. The journey out to casa Harrys took considerably less time than we imagined so our initial error was arriving too early – merely to find the restaurant staff and family enjoying their lunch. Anyhow, service was friendly and accommodating to our lack of Spanish linguistic skills and poor timing. An hour later and the restaurant was full of locals imbibing on the traditional fare.

The 3 course set meal (with salad and bread also) was ticketed at 10 Euros per person. The cycle ride had created quite a thirst and this was thoroughly quenched with 4 bottles of the local beer (fortunately the return journey was all off-road). Anyhow, when the bill arrived, the total was still just a mere 20 Euros for the two of us. Needless to say we left a generous tip.

There are other reviews of casa Harrys and references to an exquisite wine cellar. Sounds fascinating and if I’d had the skills to communicate with the owner, I would have loved to have explored it.