Time Arrived: 2.15 pm
Distance: 24 kms
Cumulative Distance: 454 kms
Percentage Complete: 56%
Weather: Cool then sunny and warm
Accommodation: Albergueria del Camino
Feelings: Henk - Great, Neil - Good, Di - Eager
Today was a featureless twenty-four kilometre long monotonous walk along a Roman road, Calzada Romana. Our guide book says it is classified as the most perfect extant of Roman road left in Spain today. There were no towns, water fountains or shade.
We missed our cafe con leche and cafe Americano! There were also very few walkers and we wondered if most of them had gone on the alternate path which goes alongside the road or they caught buses into Leon!
We managed to find welcome sparse shade beside a concrete structure for lunch at twelve thirty. It was lovely to get out of the sun.
We entered the town via the old north gate and arrived at our hotel to a most friendly welcome.
Our rooms weren't quite ready so the hotel manager took us into the bar and offered drinks and nibbles. After a wine I just wanted to curl up and sleep which I did after we got to our room and had a very pleasant hour's nap.
Our room is amazing with a four poster bed. It looks over the narrow main street. Neil's room also has a four poster bed and his room looks onto the church spire which is impressive.
We met at six o'clock to have a look around the town which has a population of about 1900. There were a number of peregrinos with their usual casual clothes and sandals so we can only guess that they went on the other path. We came across a statue in tribute to the peregrinos. It was quite amusing as the walkers looked totally exhausted. Henk and Neil looked quite energetic compared to them.
We had dinner, Menu Peregrino, at our hotel in a beautiful outdoor area with a large old grapevine overhead. It had grapes ready for picking hanging quite low. Half way through our meal Jim, the American with whom we had dinner last night, walked in. We were very pleased to see him and he joined us for dinner. He confirmed our thoughts about today's walk. We now have a running gag with him re our assigned names of people on the Camino. Jim is a very entertaining and an interesting person. He will finish his walk at Leon having completed the other section on a previous occasion.
Tomorrow it is 18 kms into Leon and we have two nights there. We haven't had a rest day since Burgos so we are looking forward to the break.
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