Villares Órbigo to Murias de Rechivaldo, Spain

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- Oct 11, 2022, 2:37am
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 892 m
- Spain Castille and León Astorga Murias de Rechivaldo 42.460945, -6.10724642°27’39” N 6°6’26” W
Villares Órbigo to Murias de Rechivaldo
October 11, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
A day to celebrate with a couple of radlers. We have now completed 500+ km of the Camino Francés and 600+ km if we include rest days and walking around destination towns.

Our host Marta provided us with all the breakfast we needed and we were walking into the dark morning by 7:45am. Sunrise was 8:30 and we walked mostly along unpaved rural tracks towards the city of Astorga.

Initially quite undulating terrain, it eventually flattened out a few km before Astorga.

Mostly cloudy and cool so good walking weather.

We chatted with a couple of pilgrims from Quebec over coffee and chocolate croissants at the morning break in San Justo de la Vega. Easy flat path for the 4km into Astorga where we had some lunch and did some needed chores. We both needed to get cash and John managed to extend his Movistar SIM until the end of the trip.

Astorga is the site of one of Antoni Gaudí’s beautiful buildings, the Bishops Palace. Looks very much like the castle in the starting credits of many Disney creations. See Kevin’s photo.

We completed the day with the final 5km to Murias de Rechivaldo and our room at Casa Flor, a quirky albergue with a relaxing back garden where we have enjoyed a few drinks in the afternoon sun.Read more
Hi John. I was wondering if you took spare walking shoes? Or, had a plan if one got damaged? [Roger]
10/11/22Reply
John Esler G’day mate. My only footware are Vasque Mantra2 walking shoes and thongs. The shoes had 400km on the clock when I started so we’re well warn in. They are very robust and I wouldn’t expect them to fail. Because of the amount of pavement we have walked on the soles will be warn out by Santiago so I will donate them to Spain. Doing it again I would choose something a bit lighter like Hoka trail runners. The thongs are Archies which have an arch support; very comfortable after 25km in the shoes.
10/12/22Reply
Have been following your trek for most of the way Kevin and John and very impressed with your perseverance and dedication to complete the walk despite all the aches, pains and mishaps that go with it. The photos are great and significantly increase my appreciation of the countryside and what you see and experience on the way. I'm very envious of what you are both doing and hope the remainder of the trip goes well. [Dinny Goonan]
10/11/22Reply
Kevin Esler Thanks Dinny. We've gained an appreciation for Spanish wine along the way.
10/12/22Reply
Traveler congrats on your accomplishment. sometimes it's almost unbelievable to look back and to think for a moment on how far we've come. ULTREIA!!
10/11/22Reply
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