Ávila to Gotarrendura

St Vicente Gate at night

Sunrise over City Walls of Ávila

The Four Posts - formerly a Roman Temple

City Walls

Donkeys for sale - tempting for the backpacks.

Signpost for fountain ahead in Navillo de San Leonardo - just as well as there was to be no bar or café there.

We were definitely out of our comfort zone walking through this cattle herd. Kevin didn't realise I always kept him between me and the toro con los cojones who was only 30ft away from us.

Cardeñosa

We have been accompanied by swallows and house martins throughout the Camino, chattering and swooping all around us.

Road of Death and Life

El Camino

El Camino

Fields of rape

Peñalba de Ávila

El Camino

Three stages of a Musk Thistle

Church ruins

Gotarrendura welcome - a nun because it is the birthplace of St Teresa

 

Pilgrim Albergue

 Courtyard with kitchen, laundry and dormitory with bunkbeds. We are sharing with two other pilgrims from England and Denmark.

Road named after Irish author who wrote about the life of St Teresa

Habemus Papam