Salamanca to El Cubo de Tierra

Salamanca to El Cubo de Tierra del Vino

Distance 36km (7.5 hours)

I set out from the hotel at 6.15 am. It was cold with a Northerly headwind. I had to put an extra layer on. There were few Camino fechas out of the city. You just have to keep heading North.
I seem to make quick progress in the dark. By 9am, I had walked 15km to Calzada de Valdunciel. Nothing was opened but I managed a quick snack from my pack and carried on.
The Camino basically followed the road to Zamora. It was a pretty boring landscape of cut corn fields and dead sunflowers.
To pass the kilometres, I listen to Bruce Springsteen!s autobiography. An excellent story.
I watched lines of ants crossing the trail and birds of prey hunting.
I finally arrived at this small pueblo before 2pm. Registered in the Albergue and went straight out for lunch in a nearby bar.
I will spend the rest of the day relaxing. Tomorrow will be 31kms to Zamora.
And that was my 12th day on the Via de la Plata.Read more