Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada – 21.6km
After waiting for the post office to open, we made our way slowly to the next stop, taking some comfort in our reserved room, in ...
06 May
Santo Domingo to Tosantos – 28.5km
Santo Domingo to Tosantos – 28.5km
It should be very clear here that D-man is not so much angry with me as he is with my suggestion that we go just ...
07 May
Tosantos to Atapuerta – 26km
Tosantos to Atapuerta – 26km
Being on a religious pilgrimage, I was happy to entertain religious symbolism whenever possible. In fact, all things tended to assume a sort of spiritual ...
08 May
Atapuerta to Burgos – 20km
Atapuerta to Burgos – 20km
If you were inclined to make allowances for this sort of thing, there is an eight kilometre stretch into Burgos you’d be better off skipping. ...
09 May
Bugros to Hontanas – 29.8 km
Bugros to Hontanas – 29.8 km
The morning we left Burgos, it started to rain. And my feet, not so much affected by the blisters D-man had strugged with, had nonetheless ...
10 May
Hontanas to Boadilla del Camino – 29.6kms
Hontanas to Boadilla del Camino – 29.6kms
Rain. Rain so hard and constant we gave up trying to stay dry. I sprinted the last eight kilometres to get out of it. Our ...
11 May
Boadilla del Camino to Carrion de los Condes – 27kms
Boadilla del Camino to Carrion de los Condes – 27kms
This sign inspires much laughter. It would be another day rich in symbols and small victories. We had been joined the last few days by an ...
12 May
Carrion de los Condes to Terradillo de los Templarios – 26.6kms
Carrion de los Condes to Terradillo de los Templarios – 26.6kms
They say the meseta is gruelling because of its flatness. I didn’t find it gruelling so much as inconvenient. Ladies, there will be no shelter ...
13 May
Terradillo de los Templarios to Burgo Ranero – 32 kms
Terradillo de los Templarios to Burgo Ranero – 32 kms
Luigi suffered over the meseta – the days are long ones, and our final push into Leon the next day – a whopping 38 kilometers ...
14 May
Burgo Ranero to Leon – 38 kms
Burgo Ranero to Leon – 38 kms
38 kilometers is too many. It is inevitable that, eventually, you will meet people on the road who take delight in telling you just how far ...