Casteldelgado....again

I went into the hotel to use the loo before getting on my way. When I came out, there was Jude and Kate, two women from Australia whom I had met two days before. We were so happy to see each other! I sat down with them and before we realised, three French men at the table next to us ordered us each a beer. Now I knew I wouldn't be walking too far! After a little snack, we finally headed out, hoping to get past Belorado. We were met with incredible high winds, almost enough to take us up in the air! It was very difficult walking and I forged on ahead of them as it was hard going and we had to go our own pace. By the time I got to Belorado, it was raining heavily. I decided to stay there. I made my way through the town to an albergue I had stayed at last year called Cuatro Cantones and remembered to be a really nice one. When I went in, the man who runs it came to the door and recognised me! He gave me a big hug and took me inside offering me a cup of tea! He wanted to know why I was back, and we had a really nice reunion. His name is Fernando and he welcomed me warmly. Kate and Jude showed up a bit later and we all settled in. We were all in a room together with a woman named Ina, a dentist from Germany and a sweet guy from Belgium named Fred.  I asked Fernando if there was evening Mass and he said it was at 8:00 but dinner was at 7:30. I said I would go to Mass and skip dinner as I could find something in the supermercado later. He said nonsense, he would keep my dinner for me. Off I went to church only to find that they decided to have mass that day at 7:00 instead of 8:00. This is typical Spain - change it but don't bother to let anyone know. Dinner was delicious, wine was great, company was the best. Ina and I walked together the next day, something I rarely do, but we had the same pace and had a great visit. She decided to take the bus to Burgos and I wanted to keep walking so stayed in Villafranca Montes de Oca. In fact, many people, including Jude and Kate took the bus that day from Belorado to Burgos because the weather forecast was for rain, rain, and more rain. I came here to walk, and walk I will! Besides, I need to prepare myself for walking Hadrians Wall next week and my guess is, it will likely rain there too