¡Hola! Day 20- 23k walked - dead flat country - the meseta ( see pic). Gem of today was the church at Fromista - a National Heritage site - good example of early romanesque architecture, simple clean, with the focus on the purity of best of the Christian message - together with the Patrón Saint of Pilgrims - Santiago himself. I'm getting to like this guy. We had a nice homecooked meal tonight - with an NZ girl (Claire from Mt Manganui) as the cook. Was great - ...

Hola! Day 19- walked 19k, 430k to go to Santiago. A quiet day through the Llano Alto - the high plain, long distances, big sky, and the sun came out finally!! Gem of The day - The Albergue En el Camino that we are staying at tonight - best communal meal (chick-pea soup, steak and lettuce salad, ice cream) with maybe 50 peregrinos, small room, noise off The Richter scale, huge amount of energy, it was like a good party except there were about 10 languages operati...

¡Buenas! Day 18 - a quiet one walking only 10k from Hontanas to Castrojeriz. We have been trying to slow down a bit - otherwise we'll get to Santiago too soon - 22 May is the preferred date). Castro means a hill- fort (see pic) - useless bit of trivia. The walk was all through a shallow Valley - below the alto plano (high plain) all around. First day I have walked without tape on the feet & ankles - was OK. Lot of fodder crops like lucerne and brassicas a...

¡Hola! Day 17 - 21k, we have now done over 300k!! Can't believe it - we've never walked this far before. Body basically OK - few foot/ankle aches but nothing serious at this stage. Weather today was atrocious - outside during the worst of it, exposed on a big widely open plain ( yeah I know about the rain in Spain!) saturated, rain, wind and hail. The pic is of another peregrino up a head, walking the last stretch into Hornillos del Camino, the half-way mark fo...

¡Hola! Day16 - sightseeing in Burgos and a 10k walk to the next village. Weather still changeable, cool, rain & sun. The Burgos cathedral was OTT - an overwhelming demonstration of power and not at all in synch with the simple, devout culture of the Camino (in my view) - and they charged 7€ to get in!! We stayed outside where we met an English Catholic priest - interesting that he agreed with my view of "buying your way into heaven". A cafe con leche then...