Stage 29: Ponferrada-Villafranca
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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 badRead more
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'sRead more
@#?? 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 pathRead more
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 outRead more
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 forRead more
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.Read more
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 puttingRead more
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 itRead more
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 stoppedRead more
John Esler We are sorry to hear. Take care.
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