Stage 28 - El Cubo de Tierra del Vino to Villaneuva de Campeán (13.5km): 26/09/2014 08:19

Early in the day

It was another of those days when it was going to be either 13km or 30km and of course we try not to exceed 20km. That meant a leisurely start, with breakfast and no need for torches. We were on the road at about 8:10am and had travelled about 500 metres before I remembered to start "My Tracks" to record our progress. Again the morning was cold, 10C, and we were both wearing fleeces and rain jackets. The sun failed to burn off the mist until late morning and the rain jackets remained in place for almost the entire journey.

We were back on the path which is so much better than the road and usually has much more to see. First we had a chat with a Dutchman out walking his dog, later we said "Hola" to a man feeding his horses and passed by two groups of grape pickers.

The countryside was varied for such a short distance. We started alongside a disused railway track set among trees and bushes. That was on our right, while on our left were fields of corn (the on-the-cob variety). We also passed small oak trees, at least they had acorns but the leaves were different from our oaks. At times we were walking past harvested grain fields, ploughed fields, vineyards, fields of dying sunflowers and, at the highest point (not very high), a small pine forest. All the sunflowers we have passed in the last week looked pretty sad but I think they are left in the ground until all the yellow petals have gone and the seeds fully developed.

There is not much to see in this village, it has one bar/cafe where we had lunch and where we will eat again before bedtime. It has no shop so we will have to buy a bocadillo at the bar for tomorrow's journey into Zamora. It also has the obligatory old church which, of course, is locked.

Inside our privately-owned albergue

After the busy albergue last night we are the only Peregrinos staying here. Two Romanian men are also here but they are hardly doing the Camino with a large suitcase and a holdall.

513km completed according to Googles "My Tracks", 389km to go, but I expect it will be more like 420km.


Some photographs taken along the way:

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