Castrojeriz to Fromista

We had a beautiful view back over the valley and to Castrojeriz after climbing 100 meters in the first couple of KM. A leisurely breakfast had us leaving the hotel at 8:50AM. We had a reservation for tonight at the Pension Camino de Santiago (50 €s including breakfast) so we didn't worry about rushing the 26 KM and total ascent of 250 meters. Though everyone was expecting torrential rains, it never happened, so it was just a cold misty day that opened up to a delightful sunny day. The path was primarily on dirt paths and there was a coffee stop in 10KM so life was good.

Mark the young German caught up with us and shared that he had had a nice evening with 6 other pilgrims and that they had seen the Milky Way very clearly. These stars are supposed to lead the way to Santiago.
We walked most of the day with our Swedish friends whose last day of walking is tomorrow. Part of the way today was on a old Roman road followed by a Roman bridge Puente de Itero which has 11 arches and when you get to the other side of the Rio Pisuerga you are in Palencia province. We walked the last few KM along the Canal de Castilla which was lovely. We crossed over the canal at a lock area and were reminded of how much Dad enjoyed seeing the lock activity while we were on the river cruise in Russia last year.
We went to check out the medical facilities with regard to one of David's blisters, and they were going to charge 48 to 75€s just to see him, so he decided to trot down to the pharmacy where for 14 €s we have their solution to the problem. We will see how it goes tomorrow.
We got our sello in the church here and then had a miserable perigrino dinner, but what the heck, they started serving at 6pm, so we were happy.

Fromista is best known for its 11th century Romanesque church Inglesia de San Martin which we saw from the outside on our way to the Farmacia. The skies opened up at that point to we were dashing to the above mentioned restaurant and never got a picture nor went inside. Laundry is going to be wet tomorrow so our backpacks will have an interesting collection of items hanging off them!