112 km
The night in the multi bed room was not very quiet, because some pilgrims wanted to avoid the heat of the day.
I started some earlier, because I did not need to pack the tent. The track continued until Hontanas on the unpaved way, but there were no problems, just some descends I had to slow down, due to loose pebbles.
In the next village Castrojeriz I coul see the remains of a castle on an hill. I tried to look inside of one of the churches, but they were all closed. The roads I used were quiet and the height of the landscape varied between 750 m and 850 m. In the feat part of the day there was nearly no wind and none of the windmills generated electricity. That changed in de afternoon with a decent wind from the west.
In Boadillo del Camino a bus of Belgian tourists stopped. The reason as a beautiful pillar near the church, the Rollo Gótico.
The Santa Maria church was open and had a rich interior. And I collected my first stamp for today. some kilometers further was Fromista. At the the entrance was an old series of locks in the Canal de Castilla. It is not in use for nautical traffic anymore, but still nice to sea.
In an overfilled mini supermarket I bought some food for my lunch, that I enjoyed with a view to the Santa Maria del Castillo.
Short after Carrion de Los Condes I opted for the pedestrian’s Camino to avoid a larger street. After some kilometers it was unpaved and it used an old Roman road. Also the West wind started to blow now and the windmills at the horizon were rotating.
The pilgrims traffic on the Camino changed at noon. In the morning I saw high numbers of walking and cycling persons. BTW pilgrims in history used to be male and female pilgrims were an exception. Today I guess, 30% is female.
I also had a chat with a cycling Belgian truck driver from Brugge. He started in his home town the first of July and wants to return via Italy, so he will make some 4000 km in 3 months.
This evening I am on a camping again, but I asked very critically if this camping was suitable for tents. And really this is the first one with green grass and I could pitch the tent without hammer or stones.
Though the sun was shining all day it is not too hot for cycling, but I had to consume liters of water.
Paul
The night in the multi bed room was not very quiet, because some pilgrims wanted to avoid the heat of the day.
I started some earlier, because I did not need to pack the tent. The track continued until Hontanas on the unpaved way, but there were no problems, just some descends I had to slow down, due to loose pebbles.
In the next village Castrojeriz I coul see the remains of a castle on an hill. I tried to look inside of one of the churches, but they were all closed. The roads I used were quiet and the height of the landscape varied between 750 m and 850 m. In the feat part of the day there was nearly no wind and none of the windmills generated electricity. That changed in de afternoon with a decent wind from the west.
In Boadillo del Camino a bus of Belgian tourists stopped. The reason as a beautiful pillar near the church, the Rollo Gótico.
The Santa Maria church was open and had a rich interior. And I collected my first stamp for today. some kilometers further was Fromista. At the the entrance was an old series of locks in the Canal de Castilla. It is not in use for nautical traffic anymore, but still nice to sea.
In an overfilled mini supermarket I bought some food for my lunch, that I enjoyed with a view to the Santa Maria del Castillo.
Short after Carrion de Los Condes I opted for the pedestrian’s Camino to avoid a larger street. After some kilometers it was unpaved and it used an old Roman road. Also the West wind started to blow now and the windmills at the horizon were rotating.
The pilgrims traffic on the Camino changed at noon. In the morning I saw high numbers of walking and cycling persons. BTW pilgrims in history used to be male and female pilgrims were an exception. Today I guess, 30% is female.
I also had a chat with a cycling Belgian truck driver from Brugge. He started in his home town the first of July and wants to return via Italy, so he will make some 4000 km in 3 months.
This evening I am on a camping again, but I asked very critically if this camping was suitable for tents. And really this is the first one with green grass and I could pitch the tent without hammer or stones.
Though the sun was shining all day it is not too hot for cycling, but I had to consume liters of water.
Paul