Day 7/22 Day off Astorga Good place to have an extra day. Visited the Gaudi Bishops Museum. The cathedral is next door and is another amazing structure. Market day in Astorga today and every Tuesday. Wow - it’s impressive how they transform 2 empty squares so quickly into a pumping market place. Everything was available from fruit/veg to homewares. By 4pm they had disappeared. A huge effort involved with setting up and down. Caught up again with Vicky an...

Day 5/21 Had a great sleep and finally after a week feel in the time zone. A fab breakfast at our accommodation, everything homemade, jam, fried eggs, toasted baguette etc. we headed away at 0900 for Astorga - approx 23k with lots of villages enroute. It was a pleasant 8d with some low cloud. Stopped at Villaries de Orbigo for coffee after crossing the amazing bridge in pic. A bit of history; “Don Suero de Quiñones, a wealthy knight was rejected by the wom...