El Camino, Day 16: to León

Day 16: Reliegos – León:  15 miles Sunday,  September 25, 2016:  Departed:  7:00am,  Arrived 12:30pm Apart from a quick breakfast stop at Mansilla de las Mullas, today’s walk was uneventful and un-scenic as we made our way into Leon, the primary focus of our...

El Camino, Day 15: to Reliegos

Day 15: Sahagún – Reliegos:  19.5 miles Saturday,  September 24, 2016:  Departed:  7:20am,  Arrived 3:00pm After a day of being sick and feeling bad, we both slept a solid night’s sleep, and probably could have slept in more, but decided to make an early start...

El Camino, Day 14: to Sahagún

Day 14: Calzadilla de la Cueza – Sahagún:  14 miles Friday,  September 23, 2016:  Departed:  8:30am,  Arrived 2:30pm Today was noteworthy for good and bad – the “good” that this morning we passed the unofficial “halfway” mark between St. Jean and Santiago, which...

El Camino, Day 13: to Calzadilla de la Cueza

Day 13: Boadillo del Camino – Calzadilla de la Cueza:  26.2 miles Thursday,  September 22, 2016:  Departed:  6:30am,  Arrived 5:30pm One of the huge things I was looking forward to on the Camino is Serendipity – taking each day as it comes.  Kim and I have largely...

El Camino, Day 12: to Boadillo del Camino

Day 12: San Bol – Boadillo del Camino:  20.75 miles Wednesday,  September 21, 2016:  Departed:  6:45am,  Arrived 3:30pm Everyone after the community dinner in San Bol went to bed fairly early, such that all was quiet and lights out at 10pm, so that waking up before...

El Camino, Day 11: to San Bol

Day 11: Burgos – San Bol:  16.5 miles Tuesday,  September 20, 2016:  Departed:  9:00am,  Arrived 3:45pm   Again, having the comfy and quiet of a private room in Burgos, we slept in later than the typical pilgrim would and got a fairly late start, which we didn’t feel...