Stage 29: Ponferrada-Villafranca
14. oktober 2022, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Villafranca del Bierzo, 24.2 km/15 miles, 53°-74°, 7.25 hours
Got some devastating news from home, going to be walking in silence for a while
Villafranca del Bierzo, 24.2 km/15 miles, 53°-74°, 7.25 hours
Got some devastating news from home, going to be walking in silence for a while
27.1 km/16.8 miles plus more wandering around after Google maps gave me bad directions to the hotel, 39°-74°, 8:30-6:30 so 10 hours!! what with frequent rest/meal breaks and the aforementioned badLæs mere
Another umpteen kms, probably about 26/16 some miles, the last 6 km/3.6 miles of which were up the side of a mountain, 9 hours, 46°-68°
The idea being to go a little further today to make tomorrow'sLæs mere
@#?? km/16-18?? miles (saw varying estimates), maybe it's better not to know, decided to not worry about it and just keep walking till I got there, and I survived. Left at 0745 before dawn, the pathLæs mere
13.1 km/8.1 mi, 51°-61°, about 3.75 hours walking after 7.7 km/15 minutes on the bus to La Virgin del Camino on the outskirts of León. I wanted to avoid the miles of urban walking on pavement outLæs mere
Resting up and getting ready to hit the trail again tomorrow. Visited the Gaudi Museum in the Casa Botines, and the Museo de León, which was a 3D illustration of a lot of the McCullough text forLæs mere
6 km/ 3.6 miles on foot, 20km/12.4 miles by taxi, 53°-65°
Gimped the 6 km into Mansilla de las Mulas this morning, where I found coffee, food, an ATM, a pharmacy and a taxi to León, in that order.Læs mere
17.6 km/10.9 miles, 53°-69°, 5 hours
That's a rather fast pace for me, and probably why the right foot is trying to convince me it's developing shin splints. Ice, elevation and ibuprofen are puttingLæs mere
Calzadilla de los Hermanillos (too long for the title) except that I missed the cutoff for the alternate route here and was in Bercianos del Real Camino before I realized it. Was just not having itLæs mere
22.4 km/13.9 miles, 46°-75°, about 7.5 hours
The foot felt so much better today, I started early at 7:15, the first time I've used a light to walk with. By 8:00 I didn't need it anymore. I stoppedLæs mere
John Esler We are sorry to hear. Take care.
Rejsende ❤️
Rejsende Our hearts are broken