Category: Map

As you leave the village of Revenga de Campos, this forlorn statue of the great saint stands to cheer you on. Honestly, he doesn’t look all that encouraging to me, but I’ll take what I can get. I do admire the sheer amount of public art found on the Camino. Date: 16 April 2016 Place: Revenga de Campos (Castilla y […]

When we climbed the Alto de Mostalares the previous morning, Brian from the Evergreen State College and I had a lovely and wide-ranging conversation. At the time, he was trying to remember a quote for me. Here, as we have our second breakfast in Revenga de Campos, he remembered and typed it up for me. He also quoted me and […]

We had our second breakfast in the village of Revenga de Campos, a name that means something like “revenge of the fields” or, more probably, “fields of revenge”. For what reason the name, I’ve no clue. We ate and talked with the Evergreen students in a place called Bar Angeles. I think you can work out what that means on […]

Here is a wider shot of the Camino, with the Río Ucieza lapping at the road. It was pouring rain when I took this picture, and it showed no signs of stopping. As you can see from Francine and the other peregrinos ahead, the ponchos and other rain gear is on. It was so bad, that we elected not to […]

For a while, the Camino follows the Río Ucieza. Here we see it has overflowed its banks and is now lapping at the very edge of the Camino. A harbinger of things to come. Date: 16 April 2016 Place: Somewhere along the Río Ucieza, past Población de Campos (Castilla y León, Spain) Today’s Map:

As you can see, the Camino runs along the highway here. What is slightly more difficult to see is that there are large sheets of standing water here. There were sections where we had to walk on the grass or even the highway to avoid multi-meter-long puddles. Did I mention that northern Castilla was experiencing hundred-year rains during the month […]

Once you leave Frómista, it’s a short day of 18.5 km to Carrión de los Condes. Much of the route is along the highway, which is never fun, and to me at least it seems a lot longer than the physical distance would suggest. Fortunately, there’s an alternate route: it’s marginally longer but a whole lot more pleasant. Whichever way […]

This monument may be found beside the locks of the Canal de Castilla as one enters Frómista on the Camino. The pedestal is about waist-high, and the book itself, which appears to be carved from marble, is the size of a small child. Date: 15 April 2016 Place: Approaching Frómista (Castilla y León, Spain) Today’s Map:

I know, I know – that’s a lot of photos of a canal. Enough already! But this is a shot down the Canal de Castilla as the Camino crosses over the locks. I like this view so much, I actually took several photos trying to get just the right one. Last one, I promise. Date: 15 April 2016 Place: Approaching […]

Francine crosses the Canal de Castilla by way of the locks. You can see the town of Frómista in the background. I’m fascinated by all of these old gears and cranks that work the locks, all the more so because they all still work. And I can’t begin to tell you how relieved we were to get into town – […]