{"id":792,"date":"2015-05-12T06:37:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T06:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robscamino.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:43:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T23:43:34","slug":"12th-of-may-time-for-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/12th-of-may-time-for-a-break\/","title":{"rendered":"12th of May – Walking to Burgos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for a Break: Journey towards Burgos<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The walk all the way from Belorado<\/a> yesterday was interesting and quite a challenge, but I think it’s taken a real toll on my feet (Achilles Tendons).<\/p>\n

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Certainly my heels are much more painful today and the tendons quite sore.<\/p>\n

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Talking to other pilgrims last night, they suggested taking a day off in our next stop, which is Burgos.<\/a><\/p>\n

Most people who walk all the way from Saint Jean Pied de Port<\/a> to Santiago try to take a day off once a week or at least every 10 days.<\/p>\n

I was thinking I might just walk short days rather than take days off, because I was worried I would get bored when I was not walking.<\/p>\n

But I think it makes sense to actually give my feet a full day off so that they can recover.<\/p>\n

The walk into Burgos<\/strong><\/em> should not be too onerous today.<\/p>\n

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It’s about 16-18 kilometers, I think.<\/p>\n

Although the last 8 or 9 kilometers are along roads, which are always a lot more painful on the feet.<\/p>\n

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One of my online forum friends told me this morning, that there is very good tapas<\/em> to be found in Burgos<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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I really look forward to finding some of that tonight.<\/p>\n

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Giving Thanks – A Break in Burgos<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The journey into Burgos<\/strong><\/em> was fairly uneventful although a little bit painful.<\/p>\n

After my long walk of yesterday, I actually managed to develop my first blister.<\/p>\n

OK. \u00a0only a small one! \u00a0So I tried the local treatment using a needle and thread….<\/p>\n

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I’m taking a day’s break in Burgos<\/strong><\/em> just to allow the\u00a0body to rest a bit before I continue.<\/p>\n

I’m catching up this evening with some of my Camino<\/em> friends for dinner at a restaurant opposite Burgos Cathedral<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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So I’m taking the opportunity to look around Burgos Cathedral<\/em>, which is an amazing building.\u00a0It actually houses the tomb of El Cid<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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For some reason in my haste to continue my journey is the last couple of days, I haven’t been able to make \u00a0my customary visit to a\u00a0village church each day.<\/p>\n

Maybe the blister was a sign to slow down…<\/p>\n

But I have made sure this evening in Burgos Cathedral<\/strong><\/em> that I paused for a moment to reflect on why I’m undertaking this journey and to give thanks once again for being able to continue.<\/p>\n

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The walk all the way from Belorado yesterday was interesting and quite a challenge, but I think it’s taken a toll on my feet. Certainly my heels are much more painful today and the tendons quite sore. Talking to other pilgrims last night, they suggested taking a day off in our next stop, which is Burgos. Most people who walk all the way from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago try to take a day off once a week or at least every 10 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,19,7,16,12,17],"tags":[103,107,22,110],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-churches","category-gallery","category-people","category-physical","category-places","tag-burgos","tag-burgos-cathedral","tag-camino-de-santiago","tag-san-juan-de-ortega"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}