Fields of corn under a grey wintery sky. Somewhere between Villamoros de Mansilla and Puente de Villarente, about 22 kilometers of walking for the morning behind me. The stop at Puente de Villarente was only a couple of kilometers further on, then another 12 kilometers to Leon. In reality, we were to walk at least another 15 - 17 kilometers before we actually got to our lodgings. By this point of the morning's walk, I was feeling pain in my left shin - I supposed it was what they call "shin soreness", and was getting worse. Luckily the stay over in Leon was to help rest it, and the pain eased.