• Bron PlaskowskiEl Camino de SantiagoTraveler
    Could have been worse, might not have been in matching rain capes! You do look like a hunchback though.
    Maybe could introduce this into high streets in London.The shade of the trees is slightly less important today.A dead baby snake, only about 6 inches long, there were also a few dead frogs along the way today.Couldn't stop humming the tune after seeing this.The only village we passed through today, none the wiser about the tomato even with a google search.The road did go somewhere once.What remains of Mansilla's 12th century gated entrance.Most towns seemed to have commissioned monuments to the Camino.

    A Rather Damp Day

    October 2, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    So after sitting in the late afternoon sun in t-shirt and shorts, eating and drinking at our new favourite non bar, bar, this morning it was raining. Which was good news for Carol as she's got to try out her new rain cape, as her old one was destroyed by the wind on the first day out of Burgos.

    Despite the rain and the wind getting up later in the morning, the terrain was pretty flat so we still made good progress. In fact it was probably wanting to get out of the rain that pushed us along to getting finished for about 12:15.

    It continued raining all afternoon which meant that apart from a brief, wet walk, we spent the rest of the afternoon in the room and the hostel bar. I don't mind getting soaked while I'm out walking but once I'm showered, dressed and warm, the thought of going back out in the rain doesn't appeal at all.

    So just 14 days of walking left now and it's starting to feel like this is going to be over before we know it.

    El Burgo Ranero to Mansilla de las Mulas
    Distance: 12.33 miles
    Time: 4hrs 9mins
    Speed: 3 mph    Read more