April 30, 2017 – 19 miles (31 Km). What a day!! We had our first day of real rain today, but the real weather topic was the wind. So insane!! When we left León it was raining, but the wind wasn’t bad. A few miles into it, the rain kind of eased off and the wind kicked in. The gusts were so strong at some points that it would almost stop us, and we spent the last few hours walking against it to arrive to Villavante. I don’t think we’ve ever been happier to arrive at our destination just to get out of the wind! The scenery improved from the last few days. We had a choice to walk next to the road, or the Alternate Route, which we took that went along fields and a bit of road. There were less towns, so it was a few hours before we got our second coffee. The pictures today include some from last night when we went out for tapas around the old district in León. We tried to eat early, but nobody was serving food until 8:30 pm, and even then, they wouldn’t sell you just the food. We had to buy drinks and then they give you food. Crazy!!!
Tonight we will have a toast for my sister Victoria who has a birthday today!
This is a video of the wind.
McHughs on The Camino 