The last note left you all waiting. We decided to take the bus from Mansilla into Leon. We had to wait 2 hours at the bus stop in Mansilla. The reason for taking the bus was to save ourselves extreme stress on endless miles of city streets where markings of the camino are often a challenge to find.
Leon has a spirited narrow street with a human in motion flow to it. Arriving on Saturday brought every inhabitant and offspring out for a romp in its medieval narrowness from all directions. The view of the Cathedral unexpectedly appeared. The imagination can't assimilate easily the amount of non structural glass and reduced structural material. Why doesn't the wind blow the Cathedral over? The windows are several stories larger the further you glance upward. Rose windows everywhere. A very delicate embracing of it's mission.
Of interest the albergue run by the Benedictine Nuns with 80 beds per room was one of the quietist so far. Beside the variations in the daily walks, the contrasts of the albergues we have stayed in will be a large part of our camino remembrances. We will walk through Astorga tomorrow to dwell for evening at Rechivaldo, then up the hill to stay at Foncebadon.
Joan and I are writing the info for this blog using only an iPhone and iPod. We won't view the blog until we get home. So please excuse misspellings and occasional sentences that are incomplete. Joan can't send her writings until we find wi fi availability. So accept our hunt and peck delivery system. We praise John and Robin for their continual support and advise. Cheers to all our friends.
Look carefully at the map where we crossed over to the ancient Roman road
Name: | Burgo Ranero-Mansilla Mulas | |
Date: | Apr 30, 2011 5:57 am | |
Map: (valid until Oct 27, 2011) | ||
Distance: | 13.8 miles | |
Elapsed Time: | 4:03:14 | |
Avg Speed: | 3.4 mph | |
Max Speed: | 6.8 mph | |
Avg Pace: | 17' 35" per mile | |
Min Altitude: | 1,856 ft | |
Max Altitude: | 2,893 ft | |
Start Time: | 2011-04-30T03:57:05Z | |
Start Location: | ||
Latitude: | 42.422865º N | |
Longitude: | 5.219678º W | |
End Location: | ||
Latitude: | 42.495910º N | |
Longitude: | 5.415887º W | |
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