Saturday 10 September 2016

Day 12 - Cardenuela Riopico to Burgos (Monday 18 July 2016)

Overnight - Hostal Manjon

A good sleep in before a short walk today into Burgos ahead of a couple of very hot, tough days straight after. Most of the first part of the walk was on quiet roads and around the airport while the second was a long, long grind through the outer industrial suburbs of Burgos. I found the hotel in good time and rested up for a short period before setting out to have a look around.

As the temperatures soared above 38 (accordingly to the temperature signs around the town), I found a frozen yoghurt shop that I came back to after finishing off the first yoghurt very quickly, and then a pastry cafe with a TV which they agreed to switch to Le Tour.

In return, I sat there eating and drinking for the next hour or so. This included a plate of churros with a big cup of chocolate dipping sauce. Probably not the best temperature for that sort of thing, but I saw it there behind the counter, and I'm in Spain, so I just had to have some. It wasn't long after I started feeling my stomach rebelling, so I thought I'd better leave and sleep it off back at the hotel.

A pleasant, cooler, evening wander around the local church and supermarket finished the day.

Weather - Not too bad this morning. Some temperature signs indicated mid-20s as I walked through the seemingly endless Burgos industrial area but it shot up in the afternoon after I'd finished my walk.

Health - Feeling strong and healthy after a good rest the night before but also a little nervous about some long hot days ahead.

Food - Gel; McDonald's on walk into Burgos (Bacon and Cheese McMuffin + Coffee + Kit Kat McFlurry); Bread stick; Tubs frozen yoghurt with white chocolate and milk chocolate syrup x2 while walking around Burgos - it was a really hot day!; Burgos café while watching the bike race (Bowl frozen yoghurt with marshmallows + Bottle water + Pots of black tea x2 + Churros with cup of chocolate dipping sauce; Chocolate ice-cream cone; Groceries at Burgos supermarket (Apple, Oranges x2, Tubs of Yoghurt x2, Bottle water, Jar of asparagus, Box of biscuits)

Expenses - Accommodation - 25.00; Food/Drink - 29.56 Total - 54.56

Walking time - 3 hours, 15 minutes (start 8:35am, arrive at accommodation 11:50am)

Brierley distance - 11.1km (total 283.2km)

Daily Steps - 30,538

Total Camino steps - 473,239

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