Today started as a beautiful clear crisp morning, blue skies and light breeze. Another great day for walking.
During the night and all morning we can hear shotguns going off, its the start of a hunting season. We see a number of hunters, carrying shotguns over the their shoulders during the day using their dogs to flush game out into the open.
We headed out of Castrojeriz, knowing what was about to come.
A 1.5km climb at 13 Degrees up Alto de Mostelares at the top is a rest stop, which is well used. Then down the other side at 18 Degrees. A bit of a shock to the leg muscles. Then over many kilometrres of rolling hills through dry farmland, fields of sunflowers, corn and what once was wheat or oats, all now harvested.
We stopped for a break at Itero de le Vega, at the Cafe Tachu. If this is a pilgrimage route, well this is very alternative, into heavy metal etc. A couple of “Cafe Cortados” here and we were on our way again.
Lunch was at Boadilla el Camino, at the same Albergue where we stopped last time and progressed by car and train to Leon. So every step from here to Leon is over new ground for us. This Albergue is a little oasis in the middle of a very dry countryside.
Another 5km and we arrived at Fromista. A triathlon was underway. Which we sat and watched with a couple of Aqua Minerale.
Sorry no Map today, the battery in my iphone died.
Russ and Jan's Camino 