Life's a Stitch

During a break in the storm yesterday we hiked over to the Atapuerca Museum where, in the high winds, I gave my best Homo Antecessor impression:

The weather broke last night leaving us with a good example of post storm clouds.

Today was a replay of windy hiking, heavily clouded over with thankfully only a few sprinkles of rain, but the morning temperature was 8c (46f). It was a steep cold climb up a rocky path to the summit if the Sierra Atapuerca.

Prior to this point there was a semblance of an old rocky road that looked as if no vehicles had travelled over it for years. Alas, along came a car. Eventually it stops and the driver emerges in his plaid boxers and a jacket to pick acorns off one of the oak trees that looks like a holly with acorns. These trees cover the region and we wondered why he would bother to drive up that treacherous road. This photo of the Holm Oak with edible acorns was taken on one of those hot days long past:

The descent was not as steep and we could see our destination, Burgos, in the distance.

We went 700 meters off the path to view a burial mound from between the 4th and 3rd century BC. It's staggering to think way before the centuries of pilgrims there were hunters and gatherers roaming these plains.

To give you a sense of size, that's C on the right of the mound.

Our lunch break, 3.5 hours in and 2 to go shows one tired Pilgrim with a lemon beer:

Most of the hike into the city was in a park which was hit hard by yesterday's storm, trees and branches down intermittently throughout. We arrived at our "boutique hostel" in Burgos where we will spend two nights. Smaller than a cruise ship cabin, not bad though for $47e per night.