Day 15 - Castrojeriz to Fromista. (Hitting the Heat, Hitting the Wall)

Since our "Bible" guidebook warned us of a strenuous climb out of Castrojeriz to the Meseta, and a hot sunny day with no shade, following Stage 15, a 25 kilometre hike, we elected to ship our backpacks to a private alberge (Estrella) in Fromista. 

 Since this was our first time without all of our gear, we didn't have the proper sun shirts for the rising temperature. We dealt well with the climb in the cool of the early morning, but were ill prepared for an 8.5 km section in blazing sun at over 28 degrees.  

By the last 5 Kms,  although some shade was offered as we followed Canal de Castilla, 

and we had almost finished both of our water bottles, we could hardly lift our feet. A local horseman welcomed us to the town of Fromista. 

Of course our alberge was the last one at the far end of town in Fromista. The alberge turned out to be excellent and the best part was that our bags were waiting for us!  

We recuperated over cervesa in the yard and updated our blog even before the showers and laundry.  Pat was lucky to FaceTime/video chat with her husband in the Kawarthas until the iPad overheated.  Both he and we were blown away by being able to experience this. 

We ordered 6:00 pm pizza for supper with beer/wine and were in bed and asleep before 7:00pm. 

We had hit an emotional wall  looking at our choices for the next day was beyond our capabilities at that moment. We were by then too late to ship our bags and were in the middle of nowhere for buses or trains if our feet couldn't carry us.