Agés - Burgos | Camino de Santiago

CAMINO DE SANTIAGO // DAY 14

So today began icy cold. I woke up around 6am and met Courtney downstairs who is always the first one up and out. Before she left this morning I made a point to ask the hospitalero if they had a lost property box. Yesterday Court was saying she really wanted some walking poles and I thought maybe someone had left theirs behind. Of course yes this was the case and the camino provides once again! While I was waiting for Charlotte to get ready I went for a walk to take photos of the church. Then I came back and we left with Emily into the dark and extremely cold morning.

I was soon separated from the girls because I could not resist the temptation to capture the sunrise and all of the amazing colours it was casting across the vast sky.

Once again, the planes in the sky took centre stage as the sun highlighted their paths before engulfing the landscape in its bright orange glow.

We climbed a small mountain where we could see our destination from, Burgos. Atop the hill was a large labrynth which I walked to the middle of but did not follow as it would have added on an extra half an hour of walking to an already sizeable day.

Down the other side we went until I had to take a small break to rest my injured foot and take off my jumper as the sun rose higher in the sky. Little did I know there was a small town just around the bend and we stopped for a coffee, smoothie and snacks. We reunited with a few pilgrims we had met previously on the road. We basked in the sun over espressos before taking to the path again.

Marie the American girl noticed I was limping and suggested that I use some sort of compression on the shin to support the muscles and ligaments. This was the best advice I could have been given. Initially the tight bandage hurt the swollen muscle but eventually this became manageable and I found myself walking nearly normally again. We passed through the small village and towards the large city of Burgos.

Eventually we came to an airport which we had to circumnavigate and after that we were in the industrial zone of Burgos. We had heard of an alternative route to get into the city but as we seemed to have gone past it already we carried on.

This part was pretty gross. We were walking along the dead straight, six-lane arterial road and I felt as though I smoked a pack of cigarettes by the time we got to the end. On top of that, the concrete pavement we were pounding with our feet was particularly unforgiving. I began to limp again. We passed a sign that said 10km to Burgos.

We were not impressed but we had to carry on. By this point we were getting quite agitated with hunger and exhaustion but we were determined to get to our destination. Earlier that day Emiel had told us that he had organised an Airbnb for us and we were not obliged to come but we were welcome.

Obviously that was not a question and we were heading straight there for a private bed and bathroom and relaxation beyond anything we would have seen on this camino yet! With about an hour to go I could not handle the concrete jungle anymore so we diverged onto the riverside which we followed the rest of the way.

Finally we reached the street where we were to sleep and though we could not check in yet we relaxed at a bar on the corner with a couple of good sized portions of patatas bravas.

While waiting for our friends to arrive we were approached by a man asking if we were waiting for an Airbnb.

We were suspicious until he said Emiel's name then we followed him up the street to the apartment which was only two doors up. He showed us in and we were so hyped, it was huge! 5 bedrooms, 9 beds and room for 13 people.

We were first in so we judged the rooms quickly and took the second nicest, leaving the best for Emiel. The others were stoked when they arrived!

After settling in, the next task was food and drink. We selected a restaurant down the road and had a very mature dinner with our pilgrim friends. It was really nice to be waited on.

There ended up being 8 of us in the house that night through various means. The camino crossed my path with Maggie the American at the tourist office. She had just arrived in town and was looking for the albergue and I was on a mission for some beersies. Without hesitating I asked if she wanted to come and stay with us and she was happy she did!

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