Day 34 Fri 25 Apr
We awoke to a clear cold (1C at 08:00) day. The white stone path was now multi- colored with pilgrims head down against the wind, the snowy Picos de Europa clearly visible over 100 kilometers away. The 20 kilometers from Frómista to Carrión de los Condes follows The N980 all the way, but there is little traffic.
The Way to Carrión de los Condes
Revenga de Campos
A simple cross in a field
Los Picos de Europa
Romanesque chapel in the woods
Santa María de Blanca dwarfs the village of Villalcázar de Sirga
Entrance to Santa María de Blanca (Romanesque, 13th century) is starting to lean
Inside Santa María de Blanca
Gothic tomb in Santa María de Blanca
Peregrino having coffee
Are we there yet?
Well equipped Pilgrim
Carrión de los Condes
Entrance to Santa María del Camino, 12 century Romanesque
Santiago Peregrino (1684) inside Santa María del Camino
Coffin inside Santa María del Camino
Cross, Carrión de los Condes
Carrión de los Condes was an important stop on the Camino de Santiago
Day 35 Sat 26 Apr
The 17 kilometers from Carrión de Los Condes to Calzadilla de la Cueza is the longest stretch of the Camino without a village, and it is straight ahead scarcely a bend or a bump – gravel laid over Roman road. What happened to yesterday’s clear blue sky? Today it’s heavy mist and light rain, visibility about 200 meters. The path was thick with pilgrims, multi-colored ponchos flapping and ripping in the 40 kph wind. And there was nowhere to pee!
Monasterio San Zoilo, 16th century, now a luxury hotel
Front of Monasterio San Zoilo with an unusual bell tower
A couple of hours after we arrived in Calzadilla - not a cloud, not a pilgrim
Brick and mud are the tradition in Calzadilla
Nothing happened today - Camino Real, Calzadilla de la Cueza