Thursday, May 2, 2019

Fromista and Villamentero

Up before the crack of dawn, which is 7.30 am in these parts. After a quick cup of tea, I was off to get breakfast at the station before catching the 8.00 am train to Fromista, changing at Valladolid onto a very slow regional train. The weather was bright and sunny. The first stop after Madrid was Segovia Guiomar, where there was snow on the ground this time last year.


On arrival in Fromista, I had the obligatory 2nd breakfast and then spent half an hour looking round the Romanesque church and taking lots of photos (too many to post here). On my way by 12.00, I walked along the senda for 2 hours till I came to a nice shady lunch spot already occupied by 3 pilgrims (a German,  Canadian and a Lithuanian girl). They were doing a 30 km day, but we’re fairly impressed by my advanced age even if I was only doing 10.


I’m now settled into to La Casona de Dona Petra in Villarmentero, a historic building which “rests on the remains of an ancient pilgrims hospital” and a huge underground silo “whose age and past use are unknown”. The weather has been sunny all day, but with a cold northeasterly wind whistling round the streets of Fromista.


Breakfast in Chamartin Station, including the Spanish favourite of tomato pulp w olive oil on toast.


San Martin Church in Fromista.


Rude little man (pic from my Romanesque book, as he is rather high up for me to photograph). 


Lunch spot w George from Germany: he had not heard of Der Pass  on TV.


View from my window tonight.













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