Monthly Archives: October 2017

Monday 16 October not as warm as yesterday Rest day. An old Adobe church in Sahagún, a small town of just under 3K persons.  No longer prosperous like much of rural Spain. Stopped in a local panadería and picked up … Continue reading →

Sunday 15 October. Promised to be the hottest day so far. Started out quite cool and got very hot in the afternoon, 86F. Lots of water drinking as advised. Garmin and Android agreed on 24.5 km Morning delightful with an … Continue reading →

Saturday 14 October Hot, very hot QB with heat exhaustion; Camino with nothing; a shorter stage between towns, just over 18 km. Nothing.  Either the beauty or horror, depending upon your point of view, of the Meseta in this section. … Continue reading →

Friday 13 October same only warmer A day of medieval architecture, long straight roads, territoriality of birds. Garmin 27 km The day starts with a view of a 3rd century Starbucks, prototype. PSL not available. Nearby is the Church of … Continue reading →

Thursday 12 October same weather National holiday, Hispanic day, C.Columbus arrived Castille 1497.  There are three ways out of town: shortcut over a large hill with an 18%-25% grade descent, a road around the hill adding another 8 -10 km … Continue reading →

Wednesday 11 October.  Same dry hot afternoon.  Starting out.  Garmin 23.7 km We are staying at a Posada.  These exist in Portugal, Spain and Brazil,each with different set of rules. Here in Spain they are old important buildings not of … Continue reading →

Tuesday 10 October same cold mornings and getting warmer afternoons. Need to discuss the weather.  We have not seen a cloud for at least 7 days.  Fields are brown like a California summer.  No farm animals.  A severe drought! The … Continue reading →

Monday 9 October cold morning, warm day. Weather is warming again. Looking back to and earlier  blog post (same date 7years ago) we have cloudless skies today – and out for the next ten days at least – whereas we … Continue reading →

Sunday 8 October (looks like used the 7th twice). Cold morning again, then hot afternoon. QB bundled up. Not a good day for QB.  Back spasms again, this time on the other side.  After about 10km, and some tea and … Continue reading →

Friday 7 October.  A little warmer than yesterday. A SMDG – explained below. Very small town.  Population about 23  Next closest has 65 people. However, and important monastery is here.  Quite a beautiful one being restored. Long day over various … Continue reading →