The clocks moved forward yesterday. That meant I started walking as the sun rose.
The walk to Villafranca Montes de Oca was accompanied by blisteringly cold winds and beautiful views of the rolling planes.
Continuing to San Juan de Ortega was difficult; overcast skies, cold winds and a monotonous landscape of heather, deciduous and evergreen forests for 12 kilometres along a watershed. At least it was not raining.
The weather got worse after lunch: hail and sleet to Agés, but thankfully sunshine for the final 2 kilometres to Atapureca.
[Day 14, 20 km walked, 267 km from St Jean Pied-de-Port, 517 km to Santiago.]Read more