Day 11 - Into Castille y Leon region

Santo Domingo to Belorado
24.1km
Accumulated distance 264.1km
It was another out of the box gorgeous day, a chilly start, but perfect walking conditions. About 1.5hrs out of Santo Domingo I bumped into mates Bruce from Omokoroa and Doug the Scotsman from Hastings UK. We spent the day together, great chats and lots of laughs. It was slow going though, Bruce managing blisters and Doug managing Achilles. First stop for second breakfast at Grañón, where we bumped into Brendan and Karen from Gold Coast again (lunch yesterday). I finally tried the crushed tomato on toast, yum. The walk out of Grañón was really pretty overlooking the sea of green wheat and pea fields. We said goodbye to Rioja, evidenced by the absence of vineyards, and said hello to Castille y Leon, one of Spain’s largest regions. Walking conditions continued to be good, some long uphills, but generally easily done. Said our goodbyes 5km out from Belorado and got into town later than usual, around 4pm. Belorado is known for its wall murals, but otherwise not too much to see. Had one of the meals of the trip at the restaurant opposite my Alburgue, a 16€ three course meal, with pork cheeks again, yum! The place was busy so shared a table with Paul and Beck from Perth who are cycling the route, a very pleasant evening.
Moment of the day was the fantastic pork cheeks, a mission for home is to seek them out.Baca lagi