Carrión de los Condes to Calzadilla de la Cueza
With another short, cool day ahead of us, we slept in until 7:00 am. We knew there was rain in the forecast and we were awakened for a short period by the sound of thunder in the early hours of the morning. After getting our gear together, we had breakfast and took care of some issues with Greg’s Spanish phone number, and we hit the Camino around 9 am. There were some sprinkles, and we prayed that the skies would not open up with rain. Our prayers were not answered.
About a mile into the Camino, the rain got pretty heavy and continued for about two hours. We stayed pretty dry with our ponchos on, but our feet became soaking wet. It may have been because we got a late start, but there were not a lot of people out today. The path was very straight from start to finish. We had some pavement for awhile, but then it transitioned to soil and rock, and we had to navigate around the puddles. There were no stops today - not that we would want to take a break in a downpour, but it was one of the few instances we did not come upon a village along the way. After 10.8 miles and three hours and nine minutes, we reached our destination in Calzadilla de la Cueza. It is a very small village without a lot of services; however when walking to our hotel, Jim saw a place to get a massage. After 248 miles, I think he deserves one. Jim said the massage was awesome and it was only 25 EUR. Oh - I did I mention? At 248 miles, today we are officially half way through the Camino! The hostal we checked into is pretty small, but the service is very personable. We arrived before lunch was served, but they brought us some snacks with our beer as we waited. After lunch we chatted with a woman from Denmark. We had seen her and her husband a few times, but not had the opportunity to talk. They live outside of Copenhagen and are landscapers. They could not walk the Camino during the summer, so they picked the fall and have a limited time to complete it. Jim mentioned that we we have seen them a number of times on the trail. She said, “Yes, you have passed us a couple of times. Our German friend said, “Those guys are machines.’” I responded, “Not machines, but I know there is a beer waiting for me when I’m done.” I mentioned before how we need to get two stamps a day on our pilgrim credential. After Jim’s massage we took a little walk to an albergue that had a sign advertising there was a bar. We entered and looked around, and did not see one. There was a sign that pointed down the hallway. We walked down the hall and saw there was a door which took us back outside. There was a sign that led us back to the bar at at our hostal. I think I mentioned that this is a very small village. Tomorrow we head to Sahagun, and there is more rain forecast.
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AuthorsGreg and James live in Pleasanton in Northern California and are on a pilgrimage on the Camino De Santiago in Spain. Their adventures are captured in this blog. Archives
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