26 km walk. Burgos is a huge city - 170000 souls. It took us 2 hours to walk from the commercial/industrial sector to the old historical centre.
Today I am struck that in one day of walking, we can pass from a tiny village (30 souls) to rippling wheat fields, to forest, to arid grazing pasture, to industrialized city centre.
A note about distances. I am a fast walker. I know I walk about 6 km/hr. However, here, with packs on and rough terrain, our average is about 3.5 kph (including breaks). So a 26 km day really means about 7.5 hours of walking.
Just tonight we met a young (mid forties) man who told us his knee was shot and he was packing it in. Another reminder that the Camino is a respecter of no man.
Dos amigos
That city in the distance is Burgos, about 15 km away, or 4 hours of walking
Burgos, from a distance
Wayside daisies and poppies
