28. 8k and frustratingly my feet hurt like hell, for the last few days my feet have been aching earlier in the day and more and I don't know why since my legs don't ache anymore and the backpack doesn't feel heavy.
Anyway what about this virgin on the camino? Well the story goes that a shepherd in the early 16th century saw visions of the Virgin and she told him a church would be built on this spot and many miracles have been performed here but i don't have any specifics, and I went to the relatively modern church on the site just before evening mass yesterday. Compared to the many oppulent churches along the way this one was very simple. On the outside there is a bronze skulpture of the virgin flying above the 12 apostles.
Set off just after 8 in the morning which in this part of Spain means it is still dark. The sun rises ~8,30am and sets about 7pm making for wonderful evenings. There are busy roads to cross but eventually it is back to the rolling meseta not just beige, but some green, some trees and newly planted fields (barley) and sad empty villages.
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