Reliegos

Refreshed by a delicious dinner andj a great sleep, walked about 38 k today to get to Reliegos, a little pueblo whose main claim to fame is that it was hit by a 17.3 kilo meteor in 1947.  On the basis that meteors seldom hit twice in the same place I should be able to sleep safe from that at least.

The walk took us past a lovely little church out in the middle of fields, the Ermita Virgen del Puente, and through the city of Sahagun, where a lovely elderly spanish man led me through the little streets to an ATM, sensing correctly that my spanish was too limited to grasp the necessary directions. A pretty town with some impressive ruins. The walk was flat but with impressive views across the plain to a ring of snow capped mountains stretching from the north to the West. Could they be the Montes de Leon I wonder?

Coming down the valley into the village Leon, and the spire of its wonderful Cathedral, was visible over on the plain to the West. About 24 ks into Leon tomorrow. As I've caught up a couple of days I might have a rest day in Leon, maybe even spring for a hotel so I can sleep in. Will see.