Walk in and around Toledo; 14 km

Today we walked out of Toledo. We wanted to experience the vistas Peregrinos commented about when walking into Toledo.
At the bridge to the east Debi decided to return as her foot was bothering her. I walked on for a couple of km more to the south of Toledo. Magnificent views. And while my original plan was to return on my footsteps i thought half way the walk that it was much more fun to continue to the west of Toledo and enter the town from there.

This route along the “Toledo ring road” was perfectly safe as there was a sidewalk all along the tarmac road. I must say it was actually more dangerous to walk in Toledo than around it as some streets are car wide and when you walk there and a car comes down you have to step in a doorway step to make room for the car to pass.

Toledo is an exceptional town. The former capital city of Spain has an amazingly well preserved old center. And looking at the natural barrier of the river and hills makes it understandable why 500 years ago, it was a logical place to put the political center there.

This is my last post. It was exceptional for the conditions we had to deal with. The wind, the challenging downhill after Las Negras, the sparse available habitation. But we enjoyed it and consider ourselves lucky that we can still do this. It is not time for donkey service yet, but if that time comes, then we will be happy to use the 🫏 service as long as we can keep on walking.

We will fly out of Madrid on Saturday afternoon, February 28. Thank you for walking with us, for your support and advice.
Till next time!
~G

This has been a Camino of numerous health related challenges, including a still very sore tailbone since my morning fall down the stairs. But that has not dampened my enthusiasm for our next Camino, which hopefully will be soon.
Perhaps the Levante between Toledo and Zamora, and then back to walk the Madrid?
Also, despite all of our Caminos, we have not walked the English way or Primitivo.
And maybe an out of high season Francais next year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our meeting there?
We’ll see. Everything still seems possible!
Buen Camino!
~debi

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