We hope all our readers have been avidly following our minders´blog as that will give you all our news, as, strangely enough, we do all walk together and share the same experiences.
Tonight´s quick post is coming from a very new pilgrims´ hostel, right in the centre of Burgos. It was only opened last year so is very modern, and has nicely partitioned bed areas on 7 floors. As we were early arrivals, we have beds on the first floor.
It is only a stone´s throw from the hostel to the very fine cathedral and there are lots of expensive hotels nearby, so we feel very fortunate to have accommodation for a minimum donation of €3 - we did actually put in a bit more.
The walk into Burgos was an interesting one. We started off climbing a stony sheep path up a hill, then we came down, crossed some agricultural land, then walked right round the airport perimeter fence, before walking the last 8km into the city centre through parkland beside the river. As it is Saturday, the Spaniards were out in force, walking, running or cycling, and they do seem to be taking more exercise than the average Brit.
We were pleased to arrive at lunchtime as our paws are still recovering from our marathon walk of two days ago when we unintentionally did a marathon length leg of over 40km. We had already set ourselves a challenging target, without allowing for the fact that our chosen hostel was shut. There was no other choice but to walk on for another hour to the next town. Fortunately when we got there we did find ourselves an excellent room, with a complimentary carafe of red wine which soon revived us, as did the massaging shower.
The big change over the last week has been the change in the weather. Still no rain, and clear blue skies and lots of sunshine, but there is a biting wind from the east (Siberia?) and first thing in the morning and in the evening, it gets very cold. Our wardrobe has now completely changed and all of the winter clothes we have been carrying around unused for weeks, are now becoming essential wear. As we set out yesterday morning we were surprised to see frost on the grass, and it was the same today. Possibly our Helvellyn high altitude has something to do with it. Needless to say we are now drinking more cafes con leche than San Miguel!
20 minutes on the internet machine doesn´t last long so we must now say hasta luego!
Lots of love, the Camino Bears xxx
SJ254784 - nr Llanfair Hill - 430 m
8 years ago
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Thank you Gio for taking such good photos of the minders to snd this week, also the other interesting photos of some of the places you have visited and passed through, we did enjoy our picture show, and have shared them with other interested readers.We look forward to hearing about the Camino in greater detail in due course. Love from Harpenden.
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