Terradillos to Sahagun and on to El Burgo Ranero by taxi

We were up having breakfast and out the door by 8:20 as the sun was rising. Bright and pretty day, cool enough to require wearing fleeces for the first two hours until we stopped at San Nicolas del Real Camino for coffee.

The first several towns showed Moorish influence as Arab artisans helped build several of the churches and other prominent buildings using fine brickwork that has stood for centuries.

Leslie could not walk far in her boots due to a blister and surrounding area that seems to have become infected, so she changed to her Teva sandals and we made it by noon about 16 Km to Sahagun and its old ruins. Then it was clear she could not continue, so we asked a bar man to call us a cab to take us to our albergue in El Burgo Ranero that we had reserved earlier, about 13 Km further on. When the cab arrived it had 2 Danish ladies in it that we had said goodbye 'Hasta Luego' to the day before, and they had corrected us, saying we would not see them again. But they had seen our cab en route to pick us up and we shared the first part of their ride to Leon. You never know!

Our albergue is modern and lacking in charm, and the village is very small but was at the right distance to walk.

After we arrived at our albergue, we noticed that Leslie's foot looked worse and she had a low grade fever, and since there is no medical facility here we made arrangements for a cab to Leon tomorrow. We have started her on a Z pack of general antibiotics that we carry , and some Advil.

We will see if we can check into the parador one day early, and this should give us a couple days to recover our health and for feet to heal. And Leon is reputed to be a very interesting city.


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