Those of you who follow me on Instagram will know that this summer (2018) I walked 190km along the Camino de Santiago, from Burgos to Léon in Spain. This is the third leg of the Camino which I started in 2016 (if you’re interested, I wrote a Q&A post in response to some of the questions people had asked me along the way that year), I’m completing a leg each summer until 2020. This is Day 22 (other posts linked at the end of this post).
Camino Frances Day 22: Calzadilla de la Cueza to Sahagún (approx 22 km)
The guidebook says that much of today’s leg will be on the “gravel path senda, now with shade, alongside [a] quiet road parallel to the autopista“. Some shade? Sounds ok to me! Also, along the way on this leg, there were lots of little villages and towns to walk through which always makes for a more interesting day.
The day started out with an interesting assortment of breakfast foods…
Not pictured: toast and jam and coffee. There was some sort of communication breakdown here (hey, I hadn’t had my coffee yet!) and I think they thought there were two of us (though only one person checked into the room…) and obviously I couldn’t eat all those carbs… But better to have more food than not enough to start a 22km day…
Today’s leg brought me through the small town of Ledigos where I was reminded of how far I’d walked from Burgos already…
But also how far I had to go before Santiago (in 2020!):
The path today was very quiet…
There was a GOOD coffee in Terradillos de los Templarios…
And miles of lonely paths…
The route takes you through Moratinos where I stumbled upon morning catchup in the town square…
And finally, in the last 8km of the day, I came across some other pilgrims…
But it was mostly an “alone” day walking for me…
(that’s Sahagún in the distance. Actually a full hour – and then some – away by foot!)
As you approach Sahagún, you get directed on the Camino to turn off the main path for what feels like an unnecessary detour (seriously, I was wanting to just follow the main road at this point…). But then you arrive here…
Yup, the geographical centre of the Camino Francés!
Arriving in Sahagún, I gratefully napped for a few hours…
Before heading out to enjoy a stroll around the streets. It’s a gorgeous little town…
And I enjoyed a wonderful “pilgrim menu” overlooking Plaza Mayor at Restaurante Luis. With vegetables!
And flán!
Walking home around 9pm, the light was magical…
After a restful afternoon and a really good meal I felt ready to tackle the last three days of this year’s stage!
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