Day 20 Hontanas to Itero de la Vega

A very good communal paella last night. Shared the table with two American ladies from California, Sandra and ?.
Out at 10 to 8h this morning and already reached Castrojeriz at 10h. Long haul the whole length of the town - no bar! Castrojeriz is about halfway of our stage today. And we arrived at our destination at 14:30h. 20 km. Considering how at the beginning of this camino I flagged after midday and took all day till late afternoon to walk 15 km this is wonderful! It is no longer hot and there is a strong wind blowing which makes walking so much easier.

Nothing special to report except that there was an extremely long haul uphill followed by flat for quite a while on the top and then extremely steep downhill.

Finished off the day by a good meal of cozido de Castilla in good company, a few of the pilgrims in this albergue - Italy, UK, New York and Hongkong. We are having a private room but shared bathroom.Read more