May 24th – The Camino leaving Fromista is flat gravel that is easy on the feet and body to walk. I visited two very beautiful churchs in Fromista last night – Iglesia de Martin, consecrated in 1066, and Iglesia de San Pedro with religious artwork and a statue of St. James. However there is something about this town that does not seem to have the heart of most Camino villages.
Only a couple miles outside of Fromista is the little village of Poblacion de Campas where I once again feel the soul of the Camino. There is an option here to cross a stone bridge over the rio Ucieza and take the river route through the agricultural fields with tractors tilling the fields away from the busy road.
Within a couple of hours I arrive at Villacazar De Sirga and go into the village square where I take a break, remove my backpack for awhile and sit drinking a cup of coffee while looking at the magnifient Templar church of Santa Maria.
It’s only a few more miles before I will reach Carrion de Los Condes and this final part of the path is parallel to the two lane highway. The wild flowers that always include the red poppies bring continued color to the path. It’s times like this that I play with talking to the clouds, the fields, the birds and the flowers. I feel pulled to take more pictures of the poppies when I already have so many, so I call out in my mind, ‘Which of you would like to be memorialized for all time?’ when one poppy who is sharing the wheat fields with a few blue flowers says, “Pick me!” And I do.
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