Hi Edward
Nice and cool now in Leon but will be 30 degrees by mid-week, 30 degrees Celsius-no fun and no joke as dehydration and sunstroke become very real prospects to confront. Bring a good hat, not the baseball cap frill that our American cousins prefer but something with a proper brim plus an extra water bottle. Tyrrek is right, just past the wine fountain the Camino splits, the right fork goes back out to the highway and on to Monjardin where you can enjoy a cold beer under the plastic awning seated in a plastic chair or you may continue straight bearing left through hills covered with lavender and drink your wine sitting under a tree. The way is well marked but nothing there so make sure that extra water bottle is full. The American albergue in Najera is always packed and due to the great numbers of pilgrims and the structure itself, it becomes very very hot and sweaty at night. Do consider an alternative. There is a tourist info just over the bridge, in the library if I remember, info for accommodation and free internet. Boadilla is a iny village just before Fromista-one of the very nicest albergues- En El Camino- on the entire Camino, family run three generations there to help pilgrims. Loving home cooked dinner in their dining room and a grassy courtyard. Fromista possesses one of the most amazing Romanesque churches along the way, walk around the building twice and go in to look for the sculpture on the arches and the pillar capitals. Even if you arrive early, wait and go see it. One last word, check the weather before leaving Sahagun!! The Camino forks again, the southern arm through El Burgo Ranero is a bummer but passes through civilization while the northern arm is desolated! You will need to bring your own food and water for at least a day and a half. Do consider well if the temperatures remain in the 30’s. Headache? Dizzy? Weak? Not signs of oncoming migraine but that you are not drinking enough. The trick is to drink and drink some more drink until you pee,