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It is probably a little early to write up my day but it’s been awesome. There was a bit of a walk very early in the morning by the busy road. I swear the Spanish never sleep. The cars and trucks were streaming by at 7:30am. Eventually the path left the highway way for the […]

Today was another lovely day. I walked 13kms to San Martin del Camino. The first half of the walk was rather soulless. It was parallel to a busy road and there were mainly truck stops as cafes. Once off the road though the scenery improved. There were a few of us walking the path so

Today was almost a perfect Camino day. I left Leon a little after 8:00am. I worried a bit about getting out of a very large city, however, the signage was good and I was able to follow a trail of pilgrims out of the old town, through the suburban sprawl and passed the industrial wasteland

I did not walk 100kms today. Please let me explain.

Today I walked 19kms from Fromista to Carrion de los Condes. I had too. I was running a bit behind so I couldn’t do my usual dawdle of 10 to 15kms. As it was, the path was flat and straight but a little uninteresting as it ran parallel to the main road with light but

Today was an easy 13kms. The last few Ks were beside a canal which made a change from the cropped wheat fields. Nothing was open along the way, so breakfast of cafe con leche and a stale croissant was at 11:00am. It is still quite cold but mercifully sunny. I warmed up a little after

Today was an easy 12kms in spite of having to climb over the mountain ahead. Dinner last night was fine. I sat with the three women from the US who were in my room. They were friendly even if one made several FaceTime calls in the room. The etiquette is to make calls in common

Today started out a bit chilly 3C. It’s warmed up a little, but it’s not really warm 17C. I’m shivering under a blanket waiting for my clothes to dry. There is a washing machine but it doesn’t spin enough water out of the clothes so the dryer doesn’t really dry them. I’ve hung everything outside

Today was another easy day. I left the hostel in the dark about 7:30am. I used my headlamp and I bundled up because the forecast was for rain. Fortunately the rain held off, the skies cleared and it turned out to be a lovely day even if a bit chilly at 15C. I just walked

Today was another wonderful day. I walked about 10kms in very sunny not too hot weather with Cynthia from Brantford. It was great to have someone to walk at my speed and to chat with easily in English. The meseta is really spectacular. There was a point on the walk where there were only two