Oct. 2. In the middle ages many pilgrims who did the camino were hoping for healing from physical disease along the way. Most of the towns along the route had ‘hospitals’ for those who became sicker along the way. Our end destination for the day was a place where those who were likely to die before reaching Santiago could receive a certificate attesting to completion of half of the Camino. The importance of the certificate was that when one was on the pilgrimage the pilgrim could not be held responsible for debts owed. The certificate was that proof. If you died on the way your family was set free of your debt, again attested to by the certificate. We collected our certificate, but finished the Camino without dying, so that was a moot point for us. We enjoyed a beautiful sunrise, again, like most days, and then 24.1 km later we were in. . . Sahagún, León, Castille y León, Spain.
Tall rubber boots are likely required for most of the caches. Some of the ditches are very steep.