Day 12, 5th October 2014: Belorado to Atapuerca, 30.5 kms, then Burgos
October 5th 2014 Today we rose early, ate breakfast at the albergue, and were on the road at 7.30am. Sue was on the bus again as she still had problems with her heel. Everything else is looking good and as we are having one of our rest days in Burgos, she has two days to get things right. After today, the next eight days are relatively flat, a few hills and then the meseta (the Spanish plains) lies ahead. This is
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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more 
