A nice 17 km walk. Leaving Sahagún, we came across a marker telling us that that town marked the halfway point. I guess they are contending Terradillos' claim to this milestone. I'll give it to Sahagún, as they have gone to the trouble of erecting a fine monument specifically for pilgrims to use to photograph the occasion. See below.
Having crossed the halfway point, the pilgrim experiences a shift in mentality. The struggle in the first half is physical. In the second, spiritual. The closer he gets, the stronger the gravitational pull that Santiago exerts on him. During the first half, reaching the Shrine of the Apostle seems a distant possibility. Now it seems a proximate inevitability. Even though we are over 350 km away, it feels like we are almost there.
Halfway marker in Sahagún
Most of the 17 km today looked like this
A nice monument at the entrance of El Burgo Ranero