Belorado to Atapuerca – 30 kms.

Well, we made it. 30kms without too much pain.

We started the day with a record early start of 7.15am. We had time for a quick vending machine coffee then were on our way, no breakfast.

The first town had a cathedral built into the hillside, but no breakfast.

The next town had breakfast so we stopped for juice and tortilla. Yum yum.

It was an okay walk for most of the way. For the first half there were lots of little towns and we made sure to rest our feet at every opportunity.

Then we got to a bit where it was 12kms straight, no water and only a couple of resting places. And it dragged. A long road which never seemed to end.

After 27km we saw our friends from the previous evening relaxing by the side of the road drinking beer.

“Come join us,” they said.

“We can’t, we are booked at the next town, 3 kms away.”

“Stay, have a beer,”

“Mike, let’s see if we can stay here.”

“No, we’re booked in the next town.”

“Awww, but I want to stay and play.”

“No.” Was his reply.

So we said goodbye to our fun friends but planned to meet in Burgos. Under the clock at midnight.