Into Cervera

My choice to get back to the official Camino route was between a mapy 10k track or 7K on the road. Maria advised me that the track would have a couple of water crossings. No-brainer, I took the road. No traffic, cool, no sun.

By 8 AM I was in Perazancas, which is where the Camino picks up. From there to Aguilar was about 19 K on a totally off-road track. Moderate ups and downs, tons of beautiful yellow flowers (piornos in Spanish), lots of views of the Montaña Palentina. No rain until I was about 20 minutes outside my destination. I can sense that the terrain change from flat to moderate has had an impact, and I think I’ll be slowing down for the next week or so!

I ran into my very first peregrino. He is walking south from the coast, I’m heading north to the coast. We agreed that today’s walk was beautiful, but that we were both extremely grateful for the cloud cover. There is absolutely no shade on this entire walk, except for the last kilometer or two. It would be brutal on a sunny hot day.

This camino joins the Olvidado a few kilometers before town, which means I went to the medieval rock chapel again. I have a new appreciation for this kind of structure, after my experience last summer on the Camino Viejo.

I was in town with plenty of time to stock up on fruit (yay, Jerta cherries) and yogurt for the next few days. I’m just finishing an excellent lunch in the hotel dining room, and have another exciting side trip to go on in about an hour!

Finca Santa Eufemia to Cervera
26 km, 475 m
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