Days 95-99 Across the meseta & beyond

I 'm going to combine a few days here to get up to date.
Day 95- Terradillos to El Burgo Ranero 31 km
Day 96- El Burgo Ranero to Mansilla de las Mulas 19.1km
Day 97- Mansilla to Leon 18.6 km
Day 98- Leon to San Martin del Camino 27km
Day 99- San Martin del Camino to Murias de Rechivaldo 29.3km
Lots of early mornings, walking in the dark then as the sun rises behind me the most beautiful colours in the sky, all around. The usual routine is to walk a few kms then stop for breakfast. Fresh OJ, coffee & toast or pastry. I have my tube of Vegemite so usually choose toast on which I can spread it. The weather has been warm & sunny but also often high cloud and light breezes. Good walking temps. Along the way there are many chapels, churches, often with storks' nests on the bell towers, stone bridges and concrete, above ground small v shaped irrigation channel with lots of leaks. I meet an American author and we chat for a while, then later a couple of Aussie women. We are all heading west to Santiago. The first couple of days were fairly straight but now there are more hills. Much has also been alongside roads. Trees have been planted alongside the path and provide very welcome shade from the afternoon sun. Both Mansilla & Leon have old city walls, much of which is still intact, up to 14m high and 3m thick. Very sturdy. In Leon I stay at the Hotel Isidoro which is behind the old city wall, part of the Pantheon building complex. Streets are paved with large river pebbles although I wonder if perhaps this part of Spain was once under water because those same rounded river pebbles are all over the pilgrim path as well as in the fields. Today I crossed one of the prettiest and longest arched bridges on the Camino, in Hospital de Orbigo with more than 20 arches. It has a lot of romantic history about knights jousting and unrequited love. After Hospital the way becomes more hilly. In the distance can be seen the Cantabrian mountains which draw closer every day. Tomorrow will be the first serious climb for some time. Santiago is now only a couple of weeks away. The days are changing as Autumn arrives.