Mansilla de los Mulas

Today I got up and the ankle was not swollen, but it hurt to walk.    I went out side and it was not raining.    So I decided to head out.    I left at 6:30 a.m. and got here at 1:00 a.m.     It was 26 km by my GPS and the book said it was 24.

This is the first picture of the day see the sky?



Could see some sun through the clouds

The first part of the day was walking along the road.

Then I came to the Roman road Which was about 15km long and there was nothing along this road.   No houses nothing. 

This is what it looked like.

many kilometres of the same thing 

Still more farm land

All of a sudden I could here this funny noise I had never heard before.  Then this train goes whizzing by.    It was electric....out in the middle of nowhere!

Still have the mountains to the right

I see a lot of rocks with notes on them

And still seeing these where someone ended their Camino suddenly.

Came across this valley with a bunch of trees planted I have no idea what kind. At first thought they were Popular but they weren't

They had this part of the road fenced off.   I guess they are trying to save it.

And the first empty irrigation canal

Then we got on a gravel road

I left another Canadian flag, I wonder if anyone finds these?

The first corn I have seen

Then the trail got ugly

And finally I was here

And the Stork as the town greeter

The entrance into old town

I love these stairs.   See the angle?   One side is about 3 inches higher than the other.   

And the laundry is hanging out

The name of the place I am at.   Friends of the Pilgrim.

It's market day so that is always fun.

Some of their goods

Dried fish

And the old wall around old town

More of the wall.   It is like 6 feet thick

And the bridge out of town

Tomorrow I'll be in Leon and will spend my birthday present on a hotel room.   The Parador.   It is the same place in the movie The Way, that Martin Sheen and friends stayed at for a night of luxury.