Calzadilla to Mansilla de las Mulas, via El Burgo Ranero, the long way ! 28 kms.
October 9th 2016 Today we had a later start, 7am, and had decided to divert off the main route and walk 4kms along a road to reach El Burgo Ranero for breakfast. It was still dark for the first hour but the track was either quiet road or good gravel paths.
After yet another tortilla meal (for me), we walked an uninterrupted 13kms to Reliegos, a small village 7kms from our destination. The early morning light re
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