It has been a little difficult to post new and exciting words and pictures over the last couple days of the Camino. This part of the Meseta just doesn’t lend itself to that. Essentially, on both days we have followed a dirt path that parallels a road – very straight, very boring – for about 23 miles. The weather has been the most interesting variable. Yesterday, we left Sahagun with rain attire on and endured about an hour of windy, wet weather. The rains stopped, but the cold wind continued the entire way to El Burgo Ranero. There, we found a nice little restaurant in town and had lunch. We already knew that accomodations in this town were difficult, so we had pre-booked a house in a small village 5 miles to the south. We found a taxi that took us there and back the next morning. We were able to buy some food to cook dinner and breakfast at the rural 3 bedroom house. After the taxi dropped us off back in the town of El Burgo Ranero this morning, we started walking with several other pilgrims for eight straight miles to the small.town of Reliegos. We are a sandwich and took a break for feet maintenance and then walked an additional 4 miles to our destination for the night, Mansilla de la Mulas. Upon checking into our private hostal and enjoying a glass of homemade Sangria, we started getting excited about Leon and having Alecia join us there tomorrow. And most importantly, the END OF THE MESETA and the reintroduction of mountains and incredible scenery! Buen Camino!
A lifetime experience