An unusually early morning departure from Villacazar de Sirga this morning in preparation for a 14.5 mile day, with only one town, at the 3.5 mile point. It was forecasted to be a relatively hot and dry day in the Meseta and we wanted to do most of our walking before the afternoon sun took its toll. Well, the 14 miles was partially as advertised; very long straight, seemingly endless roads, with little scenery beyond the beautiful town of Carrion de los Condes. But the weather turned out to be much cooler than expected, mainly due to 20 + mph winds blowing against us for much of the last 8 miles. Most of the pictures we shared today were of Carrion de los Condes. Our biggest regret was that we did not walk 3.5 miles further yesterday and stay in this vibrant town. There is a former monastery there that was converted into a fabulous hotel, right on the Camino. Would have been a nice treat ! Well, the BIG NEWS of the day came from a GPS App that we have for the Camino – which shows us 50% of the way to Santiago!! I would say ” it’s all down hill from here” ……….. EXCEPT we have two more steep mountains to climb after Leon. ��
A lifetime experience