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18 May – A Short Walk to Santibáñez de Valdeiglesias
Only 12 kms today. Yeah, say my feet! Today’s walk was a great improvement over yesterday’s. Big improvement. It was a sunny, warm walk on a dirt path, through a couple charming towns, to the small town where we’re staying. There are many bridges all along the Camino. Today we walked over the bridge at…
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17 May – An Dull Walk and a Magnificent Sun Halo
Today we walked 25 kms from León to San Martín del Camino. Shortly after leaving our albergue we walked by a historical building turned into a 5-star hotel. In front of the building there is a statue of a very tired peregrino. Getting out of Leon was about 8 kms through unattractive urban areas with…
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14 May – The Walk With The Longest Distance Between Towns
The walk today was 23 kms. The first 17 were between Carrión de los Condes and Calzadilla de la Cueza. Then another 6 to the place where we’re staying, Albergue La Morena in the town of Ledigos. It is a comfortable albergue, with a good restaurant. We had a very good dinner in the company of two…
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11 & 12 May – to Frómista with a night in Itero de la Vega
May 11 and 12 we walked short distances, 11.3 and 13.9 k. We are “listening to our bodies” and they tell us to take it easy, to slow down and recover. So that’s what we are doing. The walk from Castrojeriz to Itero de la Vega goes up about 200 metres right out of Castrojeriz,…