Comments on: Day 16 San Juan de Ortega to Burgos

By: Judy

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:23:01 +0000

Hi there Julie and Jason, you’re right, we are fit. Although we have a few big climbs to do in a few days which might test us a bit. We met a Swiss couple on the second day of our trip and they had already walked 1200km from their home in Switzerland! The wife just shrugged and said ‘We are very fit now’. No kidding! Love to you both and Owen, Judy & Peter.

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By: julie and jason

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:17:46 +0000

interesting …you are a couple of fit buggers that’s for sure! good luck with the rest of your walk.

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By: julie and jason

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:16:55 +0000

interesting

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By: Judy

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:52:40 +0000

Barbara, if ever there was a section of the Camino that justified taking a bus, it’s that looong stretch into Burgos. It was certainly a test of strength and many virtues. We were quite relieved that a section of the road was closed off to traffic for the bike race, otherwise it probably would have been worse as we were walking through it at around 5pm on a Friday afternoon.

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By: barbara

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:05:58 +0000

I watched the bike race today and looked out for you both !!! I remember the approach into Burgos being extremely tough. We got to the stage where we would stagger from street bench to street bench and collapse, rest 10 minutes and stagger to the next bench. We stayed at the first hotel we came too (I think it was called The American – statue of El Cid nearby)

Look out for a refugio in Ruitelan, run by 2 gay guys, includes an excellent dinner and breakfast in the tariff.
Buen Camino

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By: fay

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:32:21 +0000

Good to hear from you, have a nice rest.

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