Day 19
Agés to Burgos - 23 kms
29 April 2019
After a poor night's sleep due to an overheated dormitory room in the albergue we were up early and walking before it was light. The day started off quite cold but warmed up as it went on. Our walk took us up and I over a rocky path and down through small villages. Then we made a navigational error which meant we walked into Burgos on roads and pavements all the way! There are three routes into Burgos according to our John Brierley's camino guide and we had planned on taking the green route which would have been a lovely walk on a riverside path. Not only did we miss the signs for that route we also missed the signs for the more usual route and came in on the motorway one! We weren't the only ones to make this mistake though, we walked part of the way into the city with a British chap who was most upset as he had planned on taking the riverside walk as well. I can only think of the saying that I saw the other day, 'Better to light a candle than to complain of the darkness' - at least we got into the city somewhat earlier than we thought we would have. A shower followed by lunch at a nearby cafe restored us somewhat.
Refreshed after a rest we have come to life again and are enjoying being out and about people watching in the plaza. Burgos has a wonderful feel to it. Now to enjoy the Menú del Día. While we were dining in front of a cafe in the plaza Leena came along and joined us for a while, she said she was staying an extra day in Burgos. I wonder if we will see her again.
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| Atapuerca, just 2.5kms along the way from our nights stay at Agés, was very quiet as we walked through. |
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| The morning light was so pretty. |
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| Jeff negotiating the extremely rocky path. |
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| Cruz de Matagrande at the peak of our walk at 1080m... |
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| ...and from the top we had our first view of Burgos in the distance. |
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| We walked through some cropping country again. |
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| We had a very welcome stop at Cardeñuela Riopico. I love the freshly squeezed orange juice. |
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| Pappy's house is in Cardeñuela Riopico. He's got a bit of work to do as it's roof looks like it's collapsing. |
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| The next village was Orbaneja |
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| Walking into Burgos took forever and then we got to a very rough looking suburban area - this is when we realised our navigational error... |
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| ...and our walk went on for kilometre after kilometre of hard pavements. |
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| Just before we found our hostel we managed to walk on part of the riverside walk. |
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| The view from our hostel. |
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| Menú del Día: Morcilla de Burgos y sangria - wonderful. |
Such beautiful morning light as you start off on the next stage of your amazing adventure. I hope you had a good sleep the next night and wake up feeling refreshed. I enjoy looking at your photos and reading about your day each morning as I have breakfast. xxx
ReplyDeleteWe're just waking after our hard walk in yesterday so we're yet to see how our legs and feet are. Hopefully all will be good 😁
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ReplyDeletePS. I published twice again.😑
ReplyDeleteThe black sausage look so good. You have some great food. Sending love and hugs to the four pilgrims xx
The black sausage was so good. I'm enjoying trying the local food.
DeleteWell done. Mistakes can be fun. How are the locals talking about the election results?
ReplyDeleteWe can laugh about our mistake now ...but at the time - no way.
DeleteGaë until I read your comment we didn't even know elections had been held in Spain. I had a quick look online and was very surprised to see that elections had just been held just the other day. There weren't any oblivious billboards or anything like that and we don't see or hear any news - we're in a kind of bubble where we walk eat and sleep so we can repeat it the next day...
That last unknown was Gaë .
ReplyDeleteHappy bubbling. We'd be happy to join you in that bubble at present as the news is full of electoral grandstanding but scarce on reality. 😔
ReplyDeleteWe are lucky to be in our bubble by sounds
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