Day 30 and 31 Banos de Montemayor to San Pedro de Rosadas

Day 30                       Banos de Montemayor     to    FuenteRoble                               33kms

Last night I had the best sleep of the journey so far. We didn’t even have air conditioning, it was just the fresh mountain air and the sound of the creek running outside the window. What was even better was that today’s walk was the antithesis of yesterday’s.

The road out of Banos

 Both Spencer and I felt like we were on the set of “The Sound of Music” and images of the novel Heidi kept running through my head. Everywhere we looked there were green rolling hills, streams, wildflowers, cow bells ringing, and even the air was crisp. In fact our hands were so cold we wished we had gloves.

 

Even the cows looked like they could give chocolate milk

 That didn’t last too long though, as soon as the sun came up it was bloomin’ hot. 

 We passed through this lovely old village called Calzada de Bejar. 

Stopped and chatted to an older gentleman who said that there are about 70 elderly residents and one of the few bits of life left in the village is the fact that the “camino” runs through it.

Today also marks a significant chapter, we are more than half way. We have now walked more than 600 kms.

 For those that are following Max’s career, he came in 5^thin the World Cup today. We were fortunate enough to watch his race live in the little local bar. He has another World Cup next weekend, the last one before the Olympics

Day 31      Fuenteroble      to        San Pedro de Rosadas                                  29kms

Today we walked along the highest part of the Via de la Plata. It is 1140 metres high.  

Pico del Dueno

 Along the way we also met another pilgrim who was doing the camino- backwards. He started in Santiago and was walking home to Seville. At least we are comforted knowing that it will be getting cooler the further north we go. But…. for this guy, I don’t know how he will survive. Seville is known as the “frying  pan of Spain.” It was 39 degrees there today and getting hotter. 

A free pilgrim refuge donated by the Blackfoot First Nations tribe of Brocket, Alberta

Passed a few interesting tidbits along the way. Someone had put out a hipbone and a skull and had written on it ‘Pelegrino total” Now… …does that mean  “an entire pilgrim” or ‘Go pilgrims go?”

                                                                                                                                          

Tonight we are staying in San Pedro de Rosadas. This will be our last village until we walk into Salamanca for another rest day,