Day 3: Belorado - San Juan de Ortega, 25 km

The first part of todays hike led me through endless cornfields passing a few small villages. The landscape was really beautiful. For the first time it was really hot today, the sun was constantly burning on my head and there wasn't much shadow. I quickly felt exhausted. But worst of all was still had to come.
When I had passed the last village the mountains of Oca started, 12 km through lonely woods. I had to climb in the enormous heat. Nothing for me. For 2 km I was fighting against my exhaustion and poured several bottles of water into my body. Fortunately the paths got more and more flat. After a hike of more than 6,5 hours I arrived at the ancient Roman Monastry of San Juan de Ortega. In the evening I attended a service for pilgrims and lit a candle for a Dutch member of the big NPH family who is seriously ill and will be operated tomorrow. Good luck to you and God bless you!!!

Exhausted!!