October 9 Rain and wind followed by more rain and more wind.

Not the best day for a bike ride and it turned out even worse.

Yesterday’s ride on the N120 was terrible. Trucks and double trucks passing in convoy at 120 km/ph…. large and very dangerous partial vacuum. So, today I looked for a better route. Found one not listed in any of the guide books or reference material it is was certainly better than any of their routes.

Got into Burgos in a heavy rain but found the way in easy as there was a bike lane marked to central city. As a very minor turning, I was going barely faster than walking, my bike skidded out on a slippery patch of pavement. Down I went. Landed squarely on my left hip. Some nice folks helped me us and I tried to get to the cathedral before the leg stiffened and the pain became too bad.

I do not think anything is broken or dislocated; very lucky as I landed on a hard stone suffice. Very much swollen ( two hours of icing before I sat down to write this ) and significant amount of Alleve. I can only hobble. Hopefully a rest day here will give it a chance to heal sufficiently to do the next leg.

QB’s leg is still hurting but hurting less. The rest here will do her good too.

We conked out for three hours with the ice on me and blankets on QB.

Lots of history to Burgos but as Wikipedia covers it well, and the intricacies of the fighting between Castille, Leon, Navarre, Napoleon (later of course) are best left to their summaries.

The really big deals here are the old castle ( defensive from the 9th century ) and the catedral.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgos

Monastery pics and tourist shot of Burgos.