• Camino
    1Feast at camp stop
    Our Albergue last nightHills are back4See the new shoesMountains in the distanceSurprise camp stop2Astorga in the distanceWater fountain1Nearing Astorga, Cathedral in the distance

    Astorga (14.6km / 510.1km)

    20 de mayo de 2023, España ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Another cool morning start but we were soon in the sun and we had an early morning shock! A Hill?? We haven’t seen one for about 10 days! Anyway with hills come views. We officially left the Meseta on our way to Astorga and the beautiful scenery returned. We could see the mountains in the distance getting nearer which reminded us that we have some climbs ahead of us in the next week!
    Someone made a pilgrim scarecrow and we saw some very new shoes left there that obviously didn’t do the job.
    About half way on the first leg (10km) there was a real surprise. Someone had set up a camp and was providing lovely freshly squeezed lemon juice and a range of snacks - all for a donation.
    As we reached the top of the hill we had a great view of Astorga and the valley. Oh, and we past the 500km mark today 🍾. Astorga has a great reputation so we will stay tomorrow visiting all the sites, so we will leave that for tomorrows post.
    We had a meal at our Albergue “My Way” which was home cooked delicious! We had 3 French people and a Korean couple at our table so conversation was a bit slow but interesting always. Looking forward to sightseeing tomorrow in Astorga - maybe there might be a chocolate museum here too 🤷‍♂️    Leer más

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