After the day of playing radio and looking at amazing mountains it was time to resume the main game: walking the Camino.

Dividing the remaining 310km by about 14 it was clear that over 20km per day would the necessary average, possibly as high as 25km if I wanted to arrive in Santiago before the last practical day. The actual dates don’t matter but it was better to bite the bullet now and blow 40km away in a bus trip. So I headed down to the bus station and bought a ticket for Astorga.

At 11:30 sharp the bus doors closed and off we went. It is a strange thing passing walkers/pilgrims in a bus, while thinking that could have been me. But an hour later the bus pulled in to Astorga bus station and I collected my pack from the bus and headed over to the green grass in front of the cathedral.

I wasn’t sure where I would walk that day but knew I needed to get some miles into the legs. Eventually I stopped in a very small town where there were only a few accommodation options and about there same number of food outlets. It was about 12 km from Astorga which was a good distance for an afternoon following a three day break. The slightly lighter pack seemed to be better, no back pain noticed.

The building next to the cathedral in Astorga.