Hornillos to Castrojeriz day/stage14

A chilly start when I left Hornillos, and no coffee that hit the spot. There was a help yourself breakfast, the best of which was long gone by the time I got there. 
For the fist 10km the scenery was kilometre after kilometre of wheat and barley fields broken up by poppies. The short descent into the oasis of Hontanas one the most beautiful villages I have seen on the Camino. The Albergue Juan de Yepes provided amazing jambon sandwiches and excellent coffee, well worth waiting for. They must be fond of dogs here because the Albergue one was practising his English and could “sit” in three languages. And there was a church dog who led the way up to the bell tower where there was an excellent bilingual exhibition on Pilgrim Walks of the World. I didn’t realise there were quite so many routes along the St Andrew’s Way including the St Wilfred one from Hexham where I grew up.
Thereafter the remaining 12 or kilometres into Castrojeriz were scenic and varied, not as I had imagined the Meseta to be. The sun came out intermittently and I discarded my gloves and finally my warm jacket. One of the extra blips is the remains of the Convent of St Anthony which you walk through on the road. Within the ruins there is a very basic Albergue for Pilgrims, no electricity.
The ancient ruin of Castrojerez was visible on the skyline with the village below where I am staying the night, the main blip.
The early evening is beautiful, the sun is properly out in the typically cloudless blue sky of the Meseta. It’s still chilly enough for a fleece, with promise of a warmer day tomorrow.