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[QUOTE="Sheffield James, post: 619625, member: 23079"] My Day 3 (Wed) involved an 06.45 start from the Olazti /Olazagutia truck-stop. A local who passed me in the car park intimated it was about 50kms to Vitoria-Gesteiz, which meant already I had 5kms further to go than I thought I had when I left the hotel 50 metres before. Not the best start to the day! My plan was simple. I’d walk the national road by the Autovia to Salvatierra / Ugurain, take a break there, then continue walking the same way to my end -of-day destination. It took almost 4hrs at a moderately-fast pace to reach my break-stop at 11am. The only surprise of note was the sudden termination of the two national roads I’d been walking on, although there was an alternative path to follow in both cases. Refreshments could be found at a fuel station mid-way along the route. Everything changed at Salvatierra / Urgain. The town is on the route of an established camino route from Bayonne (called, variously, the Via Bayonne/The Tunnel Route/ Camino Vasco del Interiór) and has an albergue and official waymarkers to show for it. I would have liked to explore the town a bit, but time was not on my side, so I moved on. As I was leaving town, another local man appeared to think I was a late departer from the municipal albergue - which, incidentally, doesn’t have any external information about horarios, hospitalero contact, etc., - and I think he tried to tell me there would be another albergue 11-12kms further on. He mentioned a place name, but I couldn’t make it out. Faced with the dilemma of continuing along the highway route, with its known distance, or following the yellow arrows and way-markers along a more meandering and potentially longer path, I did what any good pilgrim would do: I chose the official camino trail. The afternoon walk between Salvatierra and Vitoria was a real delight. The weather was sunny and the scenery was very pleasing on the eye, especially after so much road-walking in the preceding days. This section is extremely well signposted, with most signs indicating the distance between places. I’d advise pilgrims to make sure they take enough water for the journey as I saw only 1 functioning fuente all afternoon. There is an opportunity, perhaps, to take a slight detour of 1.1kms to the relatively sizeable Algeria-Dulantzi when 15kms from Vitoria-G, should the need arise. Victoria-Gesteiz surprised me. The first impression was of a Manhattan-like skyline emerging in the far distance, very different to rural northern-Spanish towns and cities familiar to me. I was surprised too how long it would take me to finally arrive in the historic centre, and to my accommodation near to the cathedral. The day’s journey took 11.5 hours to complete and definitely took its toll on my troublesome back. I had pre-booked a dorm bed in El Albergue de la Catedral on a well known internet booking site. Centrally located, the modern backpacker-style albergue provided clean + comfortable rooms, and shared spaces, at a reasonable price (€18.50). I was tempted to stay a second night to allow time for my back to recover, but equally importantly, I still had to figure out where I’d be heading next. As it turned out, I had an extremely inconsiderate roommate this particular evening, whose behaviour made it easy for me to decide to move on the next day. My Day 4 destination was La Puebla de la Arganzón, 18kms further down the previously mentioned camino, leading to St Domingo or Burgos. A shorter day would provide more physical recovery time, a bit of sightseeing in the city, the guarantee of a marked route / albergue accommodation for the day, and would also buy me a bit more time to formulate my C. Viejo plan. [/QUOTE]
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