Day 9 Puente De Duero to Penaflor De H

Day 9 Puente De Duero to Penaflor De Hornija 28kms

Cheng and I set off 7.30am this morning. We followed the river for a time and quickly made the 6kms to our first village of the day Simancas. We crossed the Pusuegra River over a magnificent medieval bridge. Unfortunately, we had a very steep climb up a hill to the village centre. Nothing was open so after a brief rest, we carried on past Simancas Castle.
We followed the trail as it meandered over a number of hills.
We managed to find a bar open in Cigunuela and stoped for some refreshment before carrying on.
Our next destination was a village called Wamba (pronounced Bamba). It’s only claim to fame is that it is the only place in Spain that starts with a ‘W’.
As we walked the last 7 kilometre to Penaflora de Hornija, the landscape turned to vast open countryside with wind farms across the horizon. There was nothing to really hold your interest but someone put a number of pilgrim silhouette-sculptures along the trail.
It seems to take forever to get to our Albergue. The sting in the tail was we had to descend into a deep gorge and then climb up a steep bank to the village on the top of another gorge. We joined with an American ilgrim also on the Camino.
We had a short wait for the Albergue to open. The three of us have a dormitory each for 7.50 euros.Read more