Day 19 Off exploring Hmm - another snivelling day which I survived. No buses- so I'm walking! First challenge is a steep hill -9kms over to Ermita San Nicolas (Spartan stone bldg worth looking around) - Jeff keen so we left early - no Cafes open - off we strode into the frosty air. Well by the time we got to the top (damp fog) I was russling round for old bits of cheese and ham, too cold to rest for long - disappointed Ermita San Nicolas was closed - by the t...

Bloody church bells in Hontanas last night - on the hour and half hour - dong, dong, dong dong, dong, dong dong dong .....but 2 eggs for breakfast and I am away. My challenge is no major roads for 70 kms so I must walk or pay for taxi so we plan on 10kms/day for the next 7 days - not easy for Jeff as the blokes walk 20-30kms and measure against each other. Interesting forces working - after initial 10 kms even I thought I can walk another 10kms but as endorphins ...

New day - new probs. Bus day today as I have walked 35kms in last 3 days (not really by plan) so deserve a treat (and it's pouring) but bus doesn't leave until 130pm. So set myself up in a bar with a fire then realised the barman was coughing loudly all the time - no, no, I can't afford to get a cold so I am sitting outside the front door out of the rain actually perched in a rubbish bin in a little corner nook - tee hee - nice fit and I can still receive wifi :)...

What a day - first pls check out the staircase leading up to our sleeping area last night in the Seminary. It's seems the priest insisted on renovating it for peregrinos to give them a decent bed - makes me feel a little humble. Got my own blessing - hand & cross points on my forehead. We had planned to stay a day in Burgos but exhausted by a morning of trudging round so got on the Camino again to get some blood flowing. My plan was to catch a bus but couldn...

Slept 7 hrs! Ate so much ham/processed meats yesterday I didn't have to pee - hmm not sure that's healthy but lying here happily at 5am checking emails etc. Now walking through little villages that look a bit dilapidated actually - the church at Ages ( A-Hess by the way) had storks nests above the bells. Think the Camino is keeping the place alive. Passed through Atapuerca where they found traces of Neanderthal - so Archeological research is keeping that villag...