On the Road to Mansilla de las Mulas

Another 17K walk on a road filled with agricultural land. I was prepared for a drenching rain, and we lucked out once again. Only few patches of drizzle. We had a coffee break in Reliegos, and got our destination of Mansilla de las Mulas (Mule Saddle?) early afternoon. We entered the town through the "door of St. James". This town definitely has no truck stops! I hope we have turned a corner as we approach the city of Leon, the meseta is slowly ending (churches in the meseta have been mostly closed, when open very stark.) A good sign was that St. Mary's church was open & didn't charge us an entrance fee and was peaceful & beautiful.

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