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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…
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Day 13, to Castrojeriz
April 28, 2026 Last year the walk from Hornillos del Camino to Castrojeriz was one of my favourite days of the Camino. This year it also was a beautiful walk, but quite different than last year. Starting out last year, it was misty with an almost golden glow to everything as the sun came out…
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Day 12, to Hornillos del Camino
April 27, 2026 I am, fortunately, safe and dry at my albergue in Hornillos del Camino. It is 4:40 in the afternoon and it is raining. Pouring! Buckets of water. Loud thunder. Bright lightning. I am so glad not to be out walking anymore today. It is, however, supposed to rain for the next two…
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Day 11, A Rest Day in Burgos
We had great difficulty finding lodging in between Belorado and Burgos. We decided to skip that section of the Camino, take the bus to Burgos, and take a rest day in Burgos. We got to Burgos by about 10 in the morning, waited for the Albergue Municipal to open, checked in, cleaned up a bit,…
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Day 10, to Belorado
April 25, 2026 We started to walk at dawn. It’s been so interesting to start walking when it still is dark, and see it getting light, then see the beautiful, soft dawn colours in the sky, and finally see the sun come up. The world slowly starts looking as I am used to see it.…
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Day 9, to Santo Domingo de la Calzada
April 24, 2026 It was a long walk today, about 33K from Ventosa to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. The backpack got a bit heavy towards the end. It was a overcast day with a few showers, mostly just sprinklers. The cooler weather made the walking much easier. The Camino went through vineyards to Nájera,…