SpanienNava de la Asunción41°9’30” N 4°29’12” W
15. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Santa María la Real de Nieva To Nava de la Asunción
The promised rain of the last 2 days held off again for us. Walking was easy in a cloudy cool day. We walked thru a lot of pine forest. InLæs mere
SpanienParco del Buen Retiro40°25’2” N 3°41’2” W
16. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A vary nice walk today thru pine forest again. Our first stop was the city of Coca, which had a very nice castle. The castle was built by Moors on the orders of Bishop Alonso de Fonseca who had beenLæs mere
SpanienParco del Buen Retiro40°25’2” N 3°41’2” W
17. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Another day of pine forest paths. The day after having a feast put on by the local bar owner last night, Paul was having a hard day walking, suffering from last nights feast. Most of us are not tooLæs mere
SpanienPuente Duero41°33’7” N 4°47’37” W
18. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
How much more pine forest and farm track can I take!
We broke into the 400’s today!!
It was an early start to a 24 km day. With only one town as a rest stop in between. Paul has recovered from hisLæs mere
SpanienPeñaflor de Hornija41°42’40” N 4°59’2” W 19. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
.An early start this morning led us onto more farm track into a meseta like landscape for 24 kilometres. At least there were 3 towns with cafe bars to break up the day and to top up our waters.
TheLæs mere
SpanienCanal de Campos41°52’51” N 5°2’28” W 20. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A long 24 kilometres stretch today, with about 10 kms of road walking. The scenery is getting more Meseta like. Very dry with large open spaces.
We are relaxing in an albergue here, the used to be aLæs mere
SpanienCuenca de Campos42°3’29” N 5°3’20” W
21. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We left Medina a little late (9:30) this morning, since Petya had to take a bus back home to Alicante. After a breakfast of coffee and some crappy toastados, we headed off.
The first 11 kilometresLæs mere
SpanienSantervás de Campos42°13’4” N 5°6’6” W 22. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
After the last few hard days, we decided to do just a short walk to the next town. We still broke thru the 400’s into the 300’s. Most of the way was along an old railway track bed.
A niceLæs mere
SpanienSantervás de Campos42°13’4” N 5°6’6” W 23. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Today we started off with a great breakfast for a change. At the albergue, they had some milk, eggs, and bread. I cooked us up some French toast with this. The hospitalerio also gave us some melon. WeLæs mere
SpanienGrajal de Campos42°19’15” N 5°1’10” W 24. september 2019, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
After a typical breakfast, we said goodbye to our great host Isadoro and Reyes.
BTW, any town named with “de Campos” at the end of it’s name, means “of the field”.
A pretty straightLæs mere
Hi team! I'm glad that you had a much easier walk today through woodland. Paul has footage of the bull running. Mary-Anne McLaughlin
Rejsendeglad that mountainous region is behind you... for awhile !!