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Winter Hiking on Via Bayona: Vitoria Gasteiz to Burgos Trail Experience
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[QUOTE="roving_rufus, post: 1095552, member: 21017"] Friday 13th January So left albergue at 8.45, thankful the route of town has been pointed out yesterday which made life easier as arrows were nonexistent in town centre, but they reappeared directing onto a river path to leave town, before a side road with warehouses which seems a popular walking route too with lots of local men of a certain age out for a morning walk. Then the camino follows a dirt track by the railway to Pradanos de Bureba- a few spots were flooded, one seems a permanent pond as a path as been worn in closer to train tracks. Then it was onto quiet roads but directly beside either the N1 or motorway as the camino like them is following the valley today which means it's fairly flat but noisy! The camino connects little villages along the way - they have few services- there are Via Bayona signs at the enry to each with information on interesting buildings and a list of services. Worth noting is they all seem to have new water tap fountains- check them out in the playgrounds. Useful in warmer weather but today was cool with a stiff breeze, and a warm bar was really what I wanted! After Castil de Peones I took a detour to save some road walking - climbing up to the railway bridge there is a lane way that takes you to a dirt lane beside railway, and at next set of rail/motorway bridges I climbed up and crossed over and rejoined the camino. It didn't save distance but nice break from walking on road. At Quintanavides the bar opened at 12noon and I was in as first customer- heater was firing and coffee was hot! But onwards, the road continued directly beside the motorway until you get to a junction the N1 main road. You have to walk it for 500m as far as bar/motel/camping, which provided me with a bocadillo and respite from the wind. Opposite it in a lay by is a path/lane that leads to Monasterio de Rodilla. There is an albergue but the bar has closed, and as I haven't used my budget for this camino I decided to walk 4km on to La Brujula a roadside service area with a hostal. It also evens out the days as its only 19km stopping at albergue and then 28km to Burgos, but 23km and 24km staying at La Brujula. But I was glad i went on - as the last 4km redeemed all the road walking beside motorway and main roads! Just be careful as the arrows take you up through the top part of village via another church, but there is a more direct road to the ermita. The ermita de Nuestra Señora del Valle is quite lovely spot with picnic tables, water tap, a spring with a pool that on a warmer day looked perfect to put your feet in. The ermita dates to 12th century. My only problem was this little dog trying to attack me, I got up on top of table while it went crazy barking and jumping, even its owners struggled to get it under control, before bundling it in a car. That rather diminished the place for me. From here are grassy lanes in the hills, and barely audible is the N1 or motorway- what a delightful change! Climbing up before dropping down to the La Brujula service area by the N1 which is anything but picturesque but the hostal is perfectly serviceable. Just a note, there were low clouds today, some scraping hilltops, and after I was safely ensconced in the hostal, cloud had come down on the hills I had walked. The signage up there was minimal and some had been vandalised, and the grassy tracks in fog could be tricky to keep to in spots. [ATTACH alt="20230113_130108.jpg"]139516[/ATTACH][ATTACH]139517[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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