• Camino a Santiago

    Camino a Santiago Day 23: Astorga to Rabanal del Camino

    Distance:  20k (12.48mi) Elevation gain: 296m (972ft) Duration: 4h 17m Steps: 27,597 Calories: 1,197 I am pretty sure I walked through the Blair Witch forest. Really. Oh, and I went to church. Just in case.  Ok, Ok…this is what really happened.  A slight, but steady climb characterized most of the day’s walking from Astorga to Rabanal. There was a lot of walking alongside roads, but for the most part we had forest on either side of us and maybe a car every half hour or so. The villages along this part of the Way are quite different from those along the Meseta. I had read to expect this as we…