Day 89-Passed the 2000km mark

Day 89-Thur 21/8- Belorado to Ages
Perfect weather for walking with high cloud later clearing to a warm & sunny afternoon. From Belorado it was basically up all day. The way is mostly gravel roads that go round the contours of the hills, through the small villages of Tosantos, Villambista, Epinosa del Camino then Villafranca Montes de Oca, which highway N120 cuts in two. We are quite close to it as we walk thru fields if stubble & sunflowers. When we can't see it we can always hear the trucks as they go up the hills. After Villafranca it is straight up to a monument before diving down then up very steeply to the pine & oak forests where in times past pilgrims were often set upon by bandits. The way here is broad and dusty and there are quite a lot of other pilgrims visible. At St Juan de Ortega the church complex is undergoing significant renovation. This project has been going a long time. After lunch at the bar it is a fairly level trek into Ages, the stop for tonight. Clicked over the 2000kms today with a little more than 500 to go depending on what map or mile post you look at.