Stage 35 - Rionegro del Puente to San Salvador de Palazuelo (20.3km): 03/10/2014 07:50
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| No services in the village other than a locked medieval church |
We
thought we were doing 17km today but miscalculated. The extra three km left us
feeling as tired as we were yesterday after 29. Maybe, of course, we were still
suffering from yesterday's exertions. The busy albergue was virtually empty by
the time we left and so we only bumped into two other Peregrinos during the
day.
We had
a long but not too difficult climb to get out of Rionegro. After three or four
kilometres it levelled off and breakfast was very welcome when we reached
Mombuey at around 10:00am, with 9km completed.
For the
first half of the walk we were close to the noise of traffic but then we moved
off into pleasant countryside, passing through two attractive villages before
reaching our destination. There were no signs for the albergue and
San Salvador
de Palazuelo looked deserted. Eventually we found a woman who pointed us in the
right direction. The building itself did not proclaim to be an albergue but it
looked the part. The door was locked and eventually we found someone else who
pointed to where we could get the key.
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| I climbed the external stairs to the church bell tower to take this photograph of our albergue |
We
quickly settled in, showered, had the washing out to dry and were relaxing in
the late afternoon sun. With no services other than a locked medieval church we
were "looking forward" to dinner of bread, cheese, tuna (one tin of),
olives and water - no wine for Pauline.
At
about 5:30pm a travelling shop suddenly appeared on the scene. He sold only
chilled and frozen goods but we were able to buy some orange juice and a packet
of four pots of some sort of milk desert.
We
assumed we were going to be alone in this 4-bed albergue but shortly after six
Louis arrived. Louis is a very nice middle-aged man from Grenoble with a fair
bit of English. He may actually be more than middle-aged but is younger than
us. When Louis did his first Camino he walked from his home to Santiago (80
days). He retired at 60 and set out on the Camino one week later.
Louis
did not like the idea of dinner without wine and he went off exploring. A short
time later he came back with two bottles of beer. Pauline ended up with one of them.
After
dinner I went for short walk and was stopped by a man wheeling a barrow full of
apples. To cut a long story short we were each presented with two apples and
had to decline an offer of more.
674km completed, 278km to go
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| Ermita San Salvador de Palazuelo |
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