Day 24

Jenny and the hospitalier at Hospital de Orbigo
on his Darth Vader outfit

The Albergue courtyard at Hospital de Orbigo

Puente de Orbigo - one of the oldest
and longest bridges in Spain dating from the 13th century

Mo, Ruth and Alain
(who has walked from Paris)

The lovely hospitalier francaise

We left the alburgue in Leon after a peaceful night´s sleep in a women only dorm. Why don´t other big alburgues do this? There were some women up at 5am chatting and setting off to be the first to get to the next Alburgue. We do not intend to join this. We will leave by 8am after a shower and breakfast.

A great walk on the alternative camino after a brief bus journey out of Leon. At last some texture to the countryside from the boring arable fields of the Meseta. Here there was broom and wild lavender, hills and an earth track. It felt like a walk worth doing.

Chose the ´funky´alburgue after 13km and found ourselves sharing a bedroom with Ruth again. Met up with Bernt and his friend Peter in the evening. Wine made it a jolly affair. See pics.