Where am I now?

24 September - Tonight, I´m in a little town by the name of Hospital de Orbigo. When sending my nightly text to my parents to let them know all is well, I thought I´d better ensure they knew it was the name of the place, not that I was in hospital! Spain has some interesting place names that come from distant history and make sense when you know the stories. This place used to have a large ¨hospital¨ (hostal) for pilgrims back in the medieval period, hence the name. Orbigo is approximately 30 kms west of Leon. So a very long days walk, but not so hot today. Tomorrow the weather is likely to change and become unstable with rain forecast for several days. I am still about 12 days from Santiago and have the Galician mountains to traverse (likely in the rain). Tomorrow, I head for Astorga which will be approx two thirds of the way done - yippee!!!!!