Fromista to carrion des Los condes

We got a good walk into Burgos from Cardenuela Rio Pico with a coffee at Orbaneja a bonus.

Simon strolls towards Burgos on the river route.

It always looks closed, the albergue and when we reached el Decanso on the edge of Burgos, Mark was a great help with returning the coffee cups until simon nabbed them from him leaving him empty handed. His shaking was giving the cups a scare.

His interminable shakes had Simon a tad worried as he tripped over the numerous kerb stones. By the time we were sat in Leon he was fine!

First up we got to Burgos then got the bus to Fromista. I was gutted to miss the Castrojeriz to Fromista stage but Mark would've toiled and there was no bus bail out. There was a boat along the canal but sadly we had to miss it. We got a taxi after getting off the bus.

A great wee bar on the corner.

This is another bar but you get the idea.

The walk today was from the poblacion to Carrion des Los condes and we would take the river route. First stop would be 5km to the place in the woods. It was hard work for mark but it was all flat. The next stage was to the ermita or wee church place 1km from villalcazar de sirga. Again it's about 5-6km.

St Jacques always provides and so we had good fun on the first stretch as I timed myself doing a word game in a race between Mark catching us. Mark won as I finished just after he passed us. It helped educate our walking as Simon and I took 25 mins for the first stage and Mark 35 mins. All in it was about 1 hour for us and 1 20 for him so when we did the next stage in 1.10 we knew we had 25 mins to get the change of clothes and look inside the wee church.

Over the last 1500m we met a New Zealander who was going to get a taxi too for the last 6km. Mark and her were introduced and bingo Simon and I set off like a starters pistol had fired.

Unlike earlier where we felt we were going to have to wait it was now a race against Mark in a taxi. He passed us at the 2km post so he won the race to the bar but we felt pretty chipper he had only drink half his glass. It was a belting speed trial for us and we loved it. I wandered around to the albergue and checked in. A superb 4 bed room with a huge bathroom. Hats off to hostel Santiago as I've stayed here a few times and in 2011 I vowed not to return. I'm so glad I did as the room was superb. It was 80€ whether there were 3 or 4 people so excellent value.