Day 91- West of Burgos to Hontanas - 27km
After a night of luxury in a hotel I hit the road before 7am. The route has changed here due to the fast rail line & ongoing road works. A local lady Maria, shows me how to avoid the detour. It's Saturday so I can walk straight thru the middle of the roadworks, under the freeway across a bridge alongside the road to Tardajos where I stop for breakfast. Then it's on farm tracks and very stoney paths for the rest of the day. Up and down, some steep and others long and gradual. Through Rabe, and then Hornillos del Camino where it's time for a break and a cool drink. The weather is warming up with a cloudless blue sky above and the occasional cool breeze. Lots of wind turbines on the skyline and stones, stones & more stones. They are heaped up either side of the track and in the recently turned soil you wonder how this land can be farmed for grain. There are few trees but wild roses, blackberries and brush form a hedgerow like windbreak beside the track. Quite a few other pilgrims pass by. The sign tells me Hontanas is only 500m away yet all around there is nothing to see. Then a turn of the road and there below tucked into a small valley is the village of Hontanas. I get a bed for the night at Albergue Santa Brigida. Clean sheet and pillowcase and spacious rooms. Only 16 beds in 3 rooms. Here I can have dinner as well and the speciality of the house is Paella. There is even a small fountain in the courtyard where we can soak our tired feet. Great dinner and good company. Only 10 pilgrims in total. Hope it will be a quiet night. No fiesta anyway.
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