It was a great start this morning, walking from beautiful field to field, opening and closing gates I passed between, until I met a local walker coming in the opposite direction who convinced me to turn around and return to a gate I deliberated at 2 fields ago, and take the path arrowed to Riolobso. This apparently would save 5 kms overall, which sounded like a good idea. We walked together and ended up collecting an jolly entourage as we met Anna, Iris, Philomena + 3 along the way, all of whom were pleased at saving some time.
Well, in the end we didn't exactly save kilometers but we avoided adding any extra as further down the Camino was blocked and a long detour added. But this we did not find out till the end of the day when we met someone who walked straight on, and by mid-morning we were cursing the helpful pilgrim as after Riolobso there was nothing but miles and miles of road walking! Anna and I (walking separately) each decided not to stop in the walled hilltop town of Galisteo, pictured above, but continue on to Carcaboso to 'get ahead', 16kms of road in total! Luckily it was a cool cloudy day...
Thanks, Allison
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