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Day 38 Sahagún to León
Distance 37 miles Ascent 298 metres Descent 318 metres Temperature 15 degrees It has been a busy day. On waking I gave Alison the good news that the weather was set to be fine. A pleasant 24 degrees, no wind and a 10 % chance of rain. Within an hour of leaving Sahagún the skies…
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Day 37 Carron de los Condes to Sahagun
Distance 25.8 miles Ascent 219 metres Descent 216 metres Temperature 26 degrees A relaxed start to the day and we left our luxury hotel after 10.00am. Our departure was delayed as we had to do some emergency repair work to hotel furniture. Overnight a cold bottle of water had left a large watermark on a…
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Day 36 Castrojeriz to Carron de los Condes
Distance 28.8 miles Ascent 228 metres Descent 192 metres Temperature 34 degrees We had three thunder storms today and found plenty of wreckage on the road. The locals rushed for cover whilst we sat under the umbrellas thinking how stoic we were. Then we had the thought that metal seats and lightening are not a…
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Day 35 Burgos to Castrojeriz
Distance 32.4 miles Ascent 318 metres Descent 377 metres Temperature 36 degrees We rose at 5.00am, had a light breakfast and were on our way. We made our way out of Burgos with dozens of walkers just as the sun was rising. Everyone trying to beat the heat. The further we go along the route…
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Day 34 Belorado to Burgos
Distance 58 km Ascent 568 metres Descent 498 metres Another early start and a beautiful ride through the Spanish rolling hills. We handed over complete responsibility to Christophe and arrived in Burgos at 1.45pm. A record. We are on the 8th floor of the hotel. We have air conditioning. Bliss. This is the first time…
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Day 33 Najera to Belorado
Distance 32.2 miles Ascent 627 metres Descent 352 metres Temperature 36 degrees Not our finest performance today. We arrived in Santa Domingo de la Calzada at 8.30am. Christophe predicted we would be at Belorado, our final destination at 10.35. We were excited, the Hostal has a pool. As we left Santa Domingo the guide book…
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Day 32 Los Arcos to Najera
Distance 37.6 miles Ascent 843 metres Descent 805 metres Arrived in Logrono before the cafes in the main square were open. We tracked one down for breakfast before visiting the Cathedral. We followed Christophe’s directions and found our way out of the city comfortably. As we left we were taken on a track through a…
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Day 31 Puente La Reina to Los Arcos
Distance 25.7 miles Ascent 648 metres Descent 552 metres An early start and we were in Estella by 9.30am today. Had a coffee and chatted with a young couple fron Norway who are walking the way. They said we were crazier than we look. We took that as a compliment but if they could see…
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Day 30 Espinal to Puente La Reina
Distance 46.6 miles Ascent 812 metres Descent 1189 metres Today was all about the weather. Three thunder storms whilst cycling. It is getting hotter with less shade. We left Hostal Rural Haizea and started climbing immediately. What was going on? Had Christophe made a mistake? We thought it was all downhill today. Sadly not and…
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Day 29 Saint John Pied de Port to Espinal
Distance 24.7 miles Ascent 1030 metres Descent 336 metres We left at 8am to beat the heat and start the climb. We began climbing out of St Jean Pied de Port and after 2km Christophe was dancing around and becoming agitated. We had gone the wrong way. We turned around and started the climb in…
Alison and Alison and the art of re-tyrement 