Sahagún is generally considered to be the halfway point along the Camino, and that’s about right. Ultimately, it depends on whether you’re travelling past Santiago de Compostella and on to Fisterra / Finisterre or not (we hope to, but will see how our feet feel once in SdC). It’s also more definitely on the León side of the Castilla y León region, and we’re probably only 2-3 days walking away from León.

Whatever you choose as the halfway point, we’ve definitely walked enough to say it’s about right: 421.28km so far, which looks about halfway across Spain in an east-west direction.

Since my last post from Castrojeriz on day 19, we’ve covered another 87km, have met more people, eaten some amazing Spanish food (including pulpo – octopus – a dish I’ve been on the look out for all trip), and drunk probably one too many free-pour negronis (the next morning was hard work 😬).

We’ve also seen more amazing places, including old wine storage bodegas dug into hills that look like a cross between a hobbit house and something the Teletubbies would live in, which are now often used for food storage.

Today is a rest day while we explore a bit more of Sahagún and sample more of the region’s delights. Walking resumes tomorrow!

Some stats since day 19:

Day 20: Walk 20.26km to Boadilla del Camino

Day 21: Walk 20.51km to Villalcázar de Sirga

Day 22: Walk 23.40km to Calzadilla de la Cueza (a mentally challenging day knowing we had a long stretch with no shade or water points – definitely the day to bring out the headphones… see Jeff’s post about the Meseta march)

Day 23: Walk 23.19km to Sahagún

Day 24: Rest day

As an aside, for those not familiar with the hilarious 1997 Australian comedy film The Castle, here’s a short clip that explains the title of this post: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PAy_e2Egt6E.