April 23, 2017
15.5 miles (25Km). Today was a hard day. Started out a bit cool, but after about a mile we had a long, steep hill. Didn’t get much easier since after we had a steep downhill, and no shade for most of the rest of our walk. It got pretty hot.
We passed Itero De la Vega, where we had our second coffee of the day and took care of feet hot spots. Mostly preventive stuff, but the days and miles are starting to make our feet complain. We have left the province of Burgos and are now in Palencia. We finally arrived to Fromista, where apparently it’s the local patron feast. Blaring music and carnival games. They quieted down for a bit, but we’ve been told that the real events start tonight and go on to 4 am!!! And it’s another local holiday tomorrow, so no one has to go to work. The party will go on. We have considered leaving town and going to the next stop, but there really isn’t much until about 12 miles away, where we will walk to tomorrow. On the bright side, tomorrow is a shorter walk.
McHughs on The Camino 