{"id":11408,"date":"2021-08-30T09:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T16:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=11408"},"modified":"2021-08-30T09:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T16:25:16","slug":"camino-photo-of-the-day-like-an-arrow-across-the-meseta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-like-an-arrow-across-the-meseta\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino Photo of the Day: Like an Arrow Across the Meseta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I<\/span>’m not a fan of highway walking, but if you have to do it, this is the way. I much prefer gravel to tarmac or concrete. This section is pretty much a straight line for ages, which does wear after a while. Fortunately, there’s an alternative route that will soon veer away from the highway and into the Meseta. Not a shortcut so much as a longer, scenic route. If we take it, however, it will mean a very long day, as it means adding a couple of extra kilometers to the route. It also means in practical terms that we must push on all the way to Carri\u00f3n de los Condes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus: here’s what this section looked like during the hundred-year floods in 2016: https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-splish-splash\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date:<\/strong> 15 April 2013
Place:<\/strong> between Fr\u00f3mista and Poblaci\u00f3n de Campos (Province of Palencia, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)
Today started:<\/strong> Itero de la Vega (Province of Palencia, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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