Day 23- Villalcázar de Sirga to Terradillos de los Templarios

Depart Time: 9:05 Temp: 53 F RH: 90%

Walked: 5.4 mi. Camino 2024: 145 mi.

To start today’s walk, we took a taxi from our hostal to Calzadilla de la Cueza where we began. This is the third time we have skipped this section. Carrion de los Condes is a couple of miles from Villalcázar and is followed by a 12 mile section of fields. No services of any kind, even water, are to be found. So after doing this section in 2015, ’17 and ’19, we’ve made it a non-issue and a more pleasant Camino.

From our taxi, this was a look at the typical terrain of Carrion to Calzádilla this morning.
As the taxi pulled out, we began our Camino for the day
The path ran parallel to the road
… then we switched to the road
This road is clearly a “road less traveled”, especially for a Sunday morning, therefore, safe. More pilgrim traffic than cars, no big trucks.
a look back, still walking on the road
Here we are back on the path as we approach a blind curve ahead and a turnoff into the hamlet of Ledigos.
a little pilgrim art on the turnoff to Ledigos
A rest break and Colacao
back on the path and the final 2 miles to our destination
A view of Albergue de los Templarios
Linda entering the gate and “oasis”.
Jim’s view from one of his many breaks today at this very familiar albergue.

This being our 5th visit to Albergue los Templarios, we knew all the routines and where everything was. Our receptionist was in training and we waited patiently as he explained and executed the various activities for the checkin, washing and hanging clothes, meal schedules, etc.

Our backpacks were waiting for us when we arrived so we became very efficient. By 3:00 all clothes were washed, hung out and dried, our lunch/dinner was complete and we were faced with nothing to do but rest and read and blog until bedtime.

We did have some chat time with Lisa (Maui & Las Vegas, Ron (Utah) and Ander (Sweden) during lunch and Jim had a very limited exchange with a gentleman from Brazil who knew about as much English as Jim’s Spanish.

All told, the walk was good, the revisit to one of our favorite albergues was positive as expected and we are rested for a longer walk tomorrow.

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