April 18. What a nice place - Juan de Yepes in Hontanas! The most comfortable bed, a good meal, good company and breakfast (tostada, juice, yogurt, and boiled egg) was included. We woke up at 06:30, had breakfast by 07:00 and we left around 8:00, last ones to leave. We enjoyed the path today. At least we did until just before San Anton someone thought it would be a good idea to cover the path with several inches of 1- inch stone all the way to Castro Jerez. We preferred walking on the road. We arrived in Castro Jerez (about 6 miles) about 10:00 and didn’t find an open bar/cafe until we were nearly through the town. Once beyond the town the climb up was as bad or worse than we remember. The Alto de Mostelares is a kilometer in length with a 12% incline. Ugh. But we made it and continued to Itero de la Vega. I took davebug’s advice and did not stop, just took small steps, slow and steady. The downhill following seemed paved, not easy to walk down but I was grass it was not covered in stones. The rest of the way to Itero de la Vega was flat. I thought it would be a 12 mile walk but it was closer to 13. The whole way was beautiful though. When we arrived at Albergue de Hogar de Peregrinos (8 beds in 4 rooms @13€ a bed) we were glad they had a couple of beds for us but they are not offering a meal. But since the owners of the albergue also own the supermercado they offered to microwave anything in the store and or make a bocadillo. Tomorrow will be a short day for us - 15 km to Fromista. We’re hoping to get there by 1:00 so we can attend mass at San Pedro’s.
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