Friday April 27th Villamayor de Monjardín is situated halfway up a steep volcanic peak so, for those of you who were wondering if it´s downhill all the way from the Pyrenees, there´s an awful lot of up and down on this Camino, at least until we get to Burgos. Then, at the end of Castile y Léon, it will get more punishing again, with the steepest ascent yet! The walk from Villamayor to Torres del Rio was another beautiful one (don´t worry there were still plenty of steep ups and downs!). All was improved by the fact that the sun shone brightly as we left Estella and we actually had to wear sunspecs and hats for the first time! The route now is dotted with very green expanses of barley oats and rye, interspersed with vines,
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