Astorga to Rabanal

Thankfully the breakfast wasn’t the Fawlty Tower experience of the previous day. Good coffee, so I had two, and ready to set off with Sandee on this cold (6 degrees) morning at 9am.
No issues following the Camino today. We went up 300m in elevation, a gradual rise so you didn’t really notice it. We stopped along the way every 5 or so kms at pretty stone villages for refreshments. A final 3 km incline through oak trees and pines led us to this beautiful town of Rabanal. There we met up with Richard who was staying at our hotel. We ended up having a bit of a street party of pilgrims - people we had met along the way and new. Enjoyed a G&T and wine in the sun and our hotel picked us up as we are staying 5kms out of town, as it was full. The place is really lovely, spacious with a lovely courtyard. We enjoyed a thoroughly lovely multilingual dinner and a delicious feast in this rustic hotel.
It’s late and over to Ma to comment or not…

I will add my 2 cents worth, but am about to crash - it’s after 11, and we have another not so long, but quite demanding walk tomorrow. Today we walked about 19 kms, it was fun though…not difficult but a bit endless! We had to ring for a lift back to this delightful accommodation in a town, Santa Colomba, about 5 kms from Rabanal, but first had drinks in the street with a variety of pilgrims…Cathy and I finished the gin supply…it was a melon gin and tasted very melony! But all good…tomorrow we get to the highest point, but we are already quite high…and it is where we leave Amr’s stones from Shelly Beach. Off to sleep…Read more