Day 12. Atapuerca to Burgos. 15 kms walking about 4 by bus. 215kms completed in under 12 days. The next section to Ponferrada will be 283 kms in 15 days. Got up and started walking about 8:30. The first 2.5 out of Atapuerca were uphill. There was a thick most and not the promised vistas. My camera is not good at landscape anyway. I started to notice some tiny flowers on the top. Yes Marie the thyme is in bloom but only just. I have made an album of differ...

Day 11 Villafranca to Atapuerca 19kms Steep 200m climb to start then easy walking. Had a beer and brunch in Ages. Now I will no longer be able to say I haven't had a beer in ages. Atapuerca is very close to where the earliest hominid has been found. One of the restaurants in town is called comosapiens which I liked. Two South African women are here in the same albergue. Hot today but I enjoyed the walk through the forest. Some of it Spanish oak. I have a l...

Day 11. Break for breakfast. 11:00 to 12:00 The cover photo today from a village of 20 with a very pretty church. Today Corpus Christi maybe should be on Thursday but they get help from other parishes and use their gear. Policies Civil in attendance. Can't get used to the sidearms. Was walking with Inga from Germany. Stopped for something to eat after going into the church. Something was obviously afoot so stayed to watch the procession. Men did all the import...

A stop at 2;30 for lunch. I am going further than I intended but a lovely cool day will earn me a shorter walk into Burgos. I have just drunk a pint and ordered tortilla with ham. It came in sandwich. Imagine a foot long sub with an omelette inside it. Delicious. Energy to do the next 3.8 kms. Also managed to put a charge on my I phone. The battery runs out about 3:00 each day which is right when I need it to look for lodgings for the night.

Happy birthday Kate. Redicilla del Camino to Villafranca Montes del Oca. 23.55 kms can't do totals too tired. Left my book at the last albergue my first loss. Anne Tyler When tomorrow comes. I would download it but can't get on the internet for some reason and can't be bothered sorting it out. You may get this late. Jeff and Sally you will have a different experience because of your work with Espanol. I did not understand the eating arrangements and had a signi...