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Days 20 & 21, A Difficult Day and a Day to Rest
May 5, to San Martín del Camino & May 6, to Hospital de Órbigo I’m roughly 280 kilometers from Santiago, and I feel very good, physically and mentally. But yesterday was a very difficult day. It was the last day that Zazi, a woman from the UK, and I walked together. We had been walking…
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Day 19, to León
May 4, 2026 On Monday May 4 we walked to León. The walk itself was not too great, getting close to León we walked through industrial/commercial areas, next to busy highways. We were glad to arrive at out hostel, right in the old city, about 3 blocks from the huge cathedral. I quite liked León,…
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Day 18, to Mansilla de las Mulas
May 3, 2026 On Sunday, May 3r, we walked almost 27k to Mansilla de las Mulas. Zazi caught the same cold I have, only hers is worse. It was an easy walk, except that the cold takes out some of the energy. Towards the end my body was telling me to stop, rest, recover. But…
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Day 17, to Bercianos del Real Camino
May 2, 2026 On Saturday, May 2, we started walking a bit after 6. We had a longer walk ahead of us, 27k or so. It was dark but there were these lights flashing on the horizon. Pretty soon we realized it was lightning. And it was getting closer and closer (3 secs). Lots of…
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Days 15 & 16, to Carrión de los Condes & Lédigos
April 30 and May 1st, 2026 It’s been two very peaceful and rather easy walking days. The weather has been great, the Camino is well marked, the food fine. The only bad thing is that I caught a cold. I hope to get over it soon. We walked about 20k on Thursday, to Carrión de…