Rest day We enjoyed our rest day in León. Our hotel was a Parador, a set of state owned hotels using renovated historic Spanish buildings. The present building of the Convent of San Marco was started in the 16th century and work continued through to the 18th century. In the last decade the building has …
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Day 9 – Mansilla de las Mulas to León
Today we walked 20 km into the centre of León, a large city of 125,000 inhabitants. Walking into a city can be somewhat dreary as one trundles through non-descript suburbs but today was fine. Much of the walk was inevitably parallel with roads but they were mostly not too intrusive. There were interesting rivers to …
Day 8 – El Burgo Ranero to Mansilla de la Malas
We had 19 km to walk today which is relatively short and mostly downhill so I decided to give it a go whilst still feeling a bit under the weather. Fortunately it all went well. As we left El Burgo Ranero we admired the storks on the church tower and were surrounded by swallows, swifts …
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Day 7 – Sahagún to El Burgo Ranero
It was our rest day yesterday which was just as well as I came down with a heavy cold which literally laid me flat for most of the day. We did manage a short walk around the town. Sahagún had been the pre-eminent Benedictine establishment in Spain having direct links with Cluny. This all stopped …
Day 6 – Calzadilla de la Cueza to Sahagún
We’ve found the Camino to be busier than it was last year. We suspect that this is due to many people starting at the beginning of May and they have now arrived at this section. 1st May is when the Pyrenees are safe to cross at the high level. Even so fellow pilgrims are reporting …
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Day 5 – Carrión de los Condes a Calzadilla de la Cueza
Today was a straightforward day with little navigation to be done. The route between the two places was the old Roman road. Although covered with new gravel, the road still has drainage ditches on both sides and is raised up. There were no villages en route with just vast fields of wheat to look at. …
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Day 4 – Frómista a Carrión de los Condes
The main route today was a well prepared pilgrims path alongside the straight road to Carrión. Fortunately there was an alternative path which was well off the road and in part followed a large stream. Our route had a profusion of wild flowers and shrubs. It was good to see tamarix almost in full flower. …
Day 3 – Castrojeriz a Frómista – An up and down day
Our day started with a short walk across what must have been marshy ground as we walked alongside an old Roman causeway. We crossed over the stream with a good bridge and then faced a 120 metre climb. Fortunately the gradient was fairly mild and we were steadily at the top with a great view …
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Day 2 – Hornillos to Castrojeriz
Seven of us were given a lift yesterday to our rural hotel in Isar, just 3 km up the road. We all enjoyed dinner together. With two Canadians, an Australian, an American and three Brits we had a good time conversing with each other. This was presumably more like the convivial experience in the pilgrim …
Onwards from Burgos
In Burgos Yesterday afternoon we enjoyed a walk around Burgos with which we were much impressed last year. It was good to see the city and cathedral from different angles. After a fine dining experience last evening we set off this morning a little bleary eyed. The cold wind soon got us going. It was …
Julian and Beryl's camino 