Day 13 villambistia to atapuerca

23.7k it was a cold night in the alburgue off the beaten path with just me and my quatrolingual camino guide. The Spanish hospitaleria was very attentive, doing one load of laundry for me and even bringing it inside to dry over the radiator in the evening. The alburgue was also a cafe and bar which was conveniant since it was raining in the afternoon just after we arrived. In the morning all was quiet and closed and it was a 5.8k chily walk for coffee and pastry and then the climb into the woods began, once again cloudy skies and cold air. The landscape has changed from the vineyards and olivegroves of Navarre and la Rioja to agricultural fields and now woods of castilia y Leon. The walk ends in the middle of the afternoon in atapuerta where the earliest human remains ever discovered over 900,000 years ago. An evening of luxury in the alburgue, with crisp cotton sheets, fluffy towels, the late afternoon sun, the young Spanish hospiltaleria even brings in a vase of marigolds and mint and then the French invasion arrive. This contingent had to be seen to be believed, they have a car, baskets of food, a pilgrim in a wheel chair and their journey started 7 years ago in southern france, I think there are 6 of them but can't be sure, within minutes cooking has begun.