I felt like I had a little lie in getting up at 6.30am. Once packed, we had to find a place for breakfast, stepping out of the hotel immediately blew away any sleep left in us; it was cold this morning, 5 degrees Celsius! We set off through the town and over the bridge followingContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 21 – Mansilla de las Mulas to Leon”
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Camino Francés Day 20 – Bercianos del Real Camino to Mansilla de las Mulas
The was no breakfast again at the albergue and it was 8km to the next town. We set off again in the darkness with a great view of the stars above us. Very little light pollution on the meseta. I had a good pace due to the need for breakfast. Once fuelled up at ElContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 20 – Bercianos del Real Camino to Mansilla de las Mulas”
Camino Francés Day 19 – Terradillos de los Templarios to Bercianos del Real Camino
To our disappointment the albergue wasn’t serving breakfast, so it was a walk for food. Only slithers of dawn light dimly illuminated the way when we left. Many pilgrims had their headtorches on as they continued onwards. After 2km or so I reached Moratinos. At the edge of the village, there are what looked likeContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 19 – Terradillos de los Templarios to Bercianos del Real Camino”
Camino Francés Day 18 – Carrion de los Condes to Terradillos de los Templarios
Greatfully the rain stopped over night, however a mist hungover Carrion de los Condes as we left the albergue. The route out of town joined an old Roman road. This was 17km of a straight gravel path, cutting through farmland and nothing else. No towns, water stops or points of interest. Just one straight endlessContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 18 – Carrion de los Condes to Terradillos de los Templarios”
Camino Francés Day 17 – Boadillo del Camino to Carrion de los Condes
The word of the day is ‘Rain’ because that is all that it has done until 2pm. Right from the go, it was ponchos at dawn. We had a sluggish start, but at sunrise we left. The route out of the village joins the ‘Canal de Castilla’ and follows this into Fromista. The path eventuallyContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 17 – Boadillo del Camino to Carrion de los Condes”
Camino Francés Day 16 – Hontanas to Boadillo del Camino
After a quick breakfast at the albergue we hit the road. I decided to take my time and amble along; soon I fell behind on my own. It was nice to listen to the birds, see the sunrise and enjoy the peace of the Camino. The path followed the valley and the road so itContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 16 – Hontanas to Boadillo del Camino”
Camino Francés Day 15 – Burgos to Hontanas
After the Camino gang returned to the albergue from an evening of museums, castles and tapas. I was getting ready to go to bed when Marcus came to chat and got into the bunk next to me. The problem was it wasn’t his bunk and there was someone fast a sleep in it. Before IContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 15 – Burgos to Hontanas”
Camino Francés Day 14 – Cardeñuela Riopico to Burgos
It was a short walk today through the fog into Burgos; it was also very cold. We left as the sun was rising giving some fantastic photo opportunities before we were enveloped by the fog. It was all road into Burgos and the outskirts were uninspiring. Once in the city the fog had lifted andContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 14 – Cardeñuela Riopico to Burgos”
Camino Francés Day 13 – Villafranca Montes de Oca to Cardeñuela Riopico
As today would be only 24km, a short day, we had a lie in. We had breakfast at the albergue where the waiters would give Laurel and Hardy a run for their money. After 8am we left into then cold morning air. It was jumper weather, but thankfully we had a big hill to climbContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 13 – Villafranca Montes de Oca to Cardeñuela Riopico”
Camino Francés Day 12 – Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Villafranca Montes de Oca
Me, Dirk and Marcus set off at 7am leaving behind Sandra. She took a rest day as her feet had worsened. My Achilles in my right leg this time was very sore, with the 6km to Granon being very uncomfortable. There was a lot of pilgrims on the way today as we started at aContinue reading “Camino Francés Day 12 – Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Villafranca Montes de Oca”
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