Thur 22 Sep - A fairly quiet evening with a simple meal at the AdP. As we finished the meal earlyish we went down to the bar and I laid out a snakes and ladders game on the squares of the plaza for a little fun. Much jovality as we played the pieces ourselves. Even though the village only had 1 small bar and 1 smal AdP it had wifi for the whole village - an interesting priority as the place appeared fairly run down. COP at the start of today although the first coffee and roll was 4 hours away, but we did get a peach earlier. Made slightly slower progess today but we only had 26 km to do to get to Castrojeriz and we arrived at around 1pm. Ian has collected a blister on the way, which he proceeded to treat by injecting surgical spirit into the area to make it better!! On the way we passed through Hornillos del Camino which had the first shop we have seen on the camino that was open early (0730) and that catered for the pilgrims by having rolls, drinks and other small items for sale. It has been quite surprising how few of the locals have taken advantage of the business on their doorstep. In fact most places seem dead until well past midday. I expect it will take them a long time to get out of the current economic crisis. We also passed through Hontanas today which was truly the first place we have seen that really looked 'pretty' with well maintained properties and a selection of rooms, bars and resturants. Thought things were looking up for today's end as it is a larger town, but once more there appears to be only 1 horse here. On the walk today it was good to start seeing a few trees again after the brownness of the previous trails. Still sunny at 28 deg at the moment and luckly as we are mostly travelling west the sun is on our backs and left hand sided. I think we made be browner on one side by the time we finish. So far the forecast is to remain dry - we do hope so. When we arrived here the first of 2 AdPs was full (a privately run one so normally fewer people to a room) with 4 of our 'group' getting in, so Ian an I went on to the next one which is a municipal AdP with about 30 people in 1 room some on the floor. But at 5 euros inc coffee, tee and bread seems OK. Off to Fromista tomorrow. As a side note to the photos (which I will add titles to if I get a chance and the inclination) you should be able to see that most days start with a `dark´sunrise shot and I also try to get some pictures with the location names. In the end the tee shirt colour should give it away as I am currently wearing the red one on odd days and the blue one on even days!!! New Phots here - https://picasaweb.google.com/103003301116145034549/MikesRoamingTo22DeSeptiembreDe2011