D21- Villarmentero de la Vega to Calzadi

384 km (238.6 miles) total walked. 383km to go.
Today we had a light breakfast in the albergue before heading off for our 27km day. We thought we would stop and have an early morning coffee at the first town, Villalcazar de Sirga, however nothing was open so on we walked to Carrión de las Condes. This was the 10km mark and between this town and Calzadilla de la Cueza is 17km with no services or water. The meseta can be challenging mentally as the scenery doesn’t change. We are pretty much walking between farmland with crops of wheat, rye and barley on either side of our track. The walk today was relatively flat with a few small hills but out in the open with no shade. For a while we had a cool wind behind us but it turned quite warm as we got closer to our destination. We did get a nice surprise when halfway along this stretch there was a coffee van set up with refreshments. We were running short of water and wondering how much further we had to go when all of a sudden the town just appeared in front of us. Nice cold beers all round.Läs mer