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Day 1, onto Roncesvalles
Day 2, onto Larrasoana
Day 3, onto Cizur Menor
Day 4, onto Puente La Reina
Day 5, onto Estella
Day 6, onto Los Arcos
Day 7, onto Logrono
Day 8, onto Najera
Day 9, onto Santo Domigo
Day 10, onto Belorado
Day 11, onto St. Juan
Day 12, onto Burgos
Day 13, onto Hornillos
Day 14, onto Castrojeriz
Day 15, onto Fromista
Day 16, onto Carrion
Day 17, onto Terradillos
Day 18, onto El Burgo Ranero
Day 19, onto Mansilla
Day 20, onto Leon
Day 21, onto Mazarife
Day 22, onto Astorga
Day 23, onto Rabanal
Day 24, onto Molinaseca
Day 25, onto Villafranca
Day 26, onto O'Cebreiro
Day 27, onto Triacastela
Day 28, onto Sarria
Day 29, onto Portmarin
Day 30, onto Pala de Rei
Day 31, onto Ribadiso
Day 32, onto Arca
Day 33, onto Santiago
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Day 19 -
onto Mansilla
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Today, Bro. William travels another 25kms - 5 miles - from Calzadilla towrads Mansilla de las Mulas.
There are two routes we can travel. On one, the villages of El Burgo Ranero and Reliegos are explored. The other route includes no asphalt roads, no senders, no bridges and no metal signposts. We will pass through no town, no village, no farmyard and no houses.
This is the Calzada Romana that linked Roman military and traders between the Bordeaux region of France and the mines of Astorga.
There is little shade and no drinking fonts so we make sure our flasks are full and that we bring some food to fortify us along this way.
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We later leave the asphalt road and take the Calzada Romana straight on for a glorious 15.7 km of natural pathways before reaching the N-601 Mansilla bypass.
On our right (northern) horizon are the Cordillera Cantabrica (an extension of the Pyrenees) and just visible behind (on a clear day) are the Picos de Europa with the highest peak at 2,648m (8,687 feet).
El Burgo Raneros rail halt is on our left with the town some distance beyond it. The path now takes a wide left curve towards the railway and bridge over a shallow river.
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MANSILLA DE LAS MULAS: Bro. Williams final destination of the day and an important pilgrim halt today, no less than in its illustrious medieval past, which sheltered pilgrims in 3 separate pilgrim hospices (long disappeared).
This was and remains the meeting place for the two converging routes, the Real Camino Frances.
We enter the old quarter via the south gate Puerto de Santiago (only the wall remains) and the Calzada de los Peregrinos which enters via the east gate Arco de Santa Maria.
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