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Memories of my time on Camino.
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17. Boadilla to Carrión de los Condes

I am much prized by the insect world - the equivalent of an all inclusive cruise ship with top notch dining options. If you don’t want to get bitten, stand close - the little swine will fly right past you to bite me.
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16. Hontanas to Boadilla

If you really want to aggravate sore, blistered feet - the best way to do it is find yourself some rocky downhill with sections of scree. Stu channeled his inner-Duck, verbally eviscerating the terrain in a mix of French, Czech and Anglo Saxon, with a range of comedy accents.
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15. Burgos to Hontanas

The top of the Alto Meseta is the highest point of the plain, giving views of field after field after field. The land resembled a blanket, with villages and hamlets built into folds.
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14. Camino 3. 2018.

Northern Spanish markets are overflowing with fish and seafood, with only the faintest whiff of fishy aroma. Everything is bright-eyed, jewel-skinned and fresh. If you’re fond of the treasures of the sea and a sharp Albariño then you’re in for a terrific lunch. I am, and I was.
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13. The Fleshpots of Burgos.

“Who knows? It’s the meseta - “ze micro-climate...” “...you could die up there” I joined the chorus. Laurent had explained to us at length, the challenge of the Meseta. “Ah you know...blazing 'ot in ze summer, but sometimes freezing too...It’s ze real stuff...”
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12. Burgos

Somebody had dropped an airport onto the camino, complete with perimeter fences. The John presented us with an option; to the right we could take a main road straight to the heart of Burgos, or we could follow the main route left, following the fence line. We went left.
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11. Atapuerca

“Is it me, or can you hear banjos too?” I muttered. “Yup. This place is scary.”
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10. Belorado

As was our wont, we left the town before daybreak. It was cold. I know that, because Stu told me 138 times in the first fifteen minutes, (he was hungry too), and because even I was a mite chilly.
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