• Bron PlaskowskiEl Camino de SantiagoTraveler
    As hard as it tried the sun couldn't quite make its way through the mist.
    Corn on the cob for breakfast doesn't sound as appetising as a bunch of grapes off the vine.Looks like they've stuck a new road deck on an old bridge.What else do you keep on your front seat but half an engine.An ex church stripped of it's bells, turned into a cultural centre.Our apartment today is slightly more comfortable than yesterday's room.The medieval marketProperties built into the city walls.I think you'd admit to anything having sat on that chair for long enough.I understand the nuts but the haribos!The perfect setting for a medieval market.The first time I've heard of a doner kabab referred to as artisanal.Bagpipes get everywhere.I was very tempted to have a go

    Back in The City

    October 3, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    We set off this morning to a cool, misty but more importantly dry morning. Currently the forecast is for 3 dry days and then almost a week of 50-50 chance of rain each day.

    For the last couple of days the path had been along side almost deserted country roads, which I've walked along rather than the stony path. Today is the same, except it was a busy road which turned into a dual carriageway on the outskirts of Leon and the countryside gave way to sporadic light industrial buildings and some retail for a couple of miles. Until we could see Leon in the distance under some very low cloud.

    On arriving in Leon we were able access the apartment just after midday. So a couple of washing machine loads later we headed out to explore Leon. Currently there is the San Froilan festival going on, which last 10 days. There was a medieval market with some remarkablely 21st century products on sale.

    Mansilla de las Mulas to Leon
    Distance: 11.19 miles
    Time: 3 hrs 36 mins
    Speed: 3.1 miles    Read more