Day 21: Gallur to Buñuel

Date	14 Jul 2025 ( Monday )
Today's Distance:	13 Mi / 21 km
Total This Camino:	175 miles
Total All Caminos:	1793 miles
Route and Stats
Lodging (Deb & I):	€ 72 @ Hostal Plaza
Total Lodging:	$ 1583
Total Airplane(s):	$ 1427
Travel Insurance (Larry):	$ 360
Buses / Trains / Taxis (Deb & I):
Total Buses / Trains / Taxis:	$ 234
Food (Deb & I) :	€ 50
Total Food:	$ 1144

On the Road

4:30 a.m. Wake up to beat the heat.

5:30 a.m. On the road.

5:55 a.m. Breaking Dawn. Temperature 68° f.

6:55 a.m. Sunrise with 2.9 Mi complete. As always, lol clear blue skies with not a cloud insight.

7:35 a.m. Coffee and rest stop.

We've arrived at our decision point

We have two choices:

go the longer distance with two water stops
shorter 2 mile distance but with no water stops

This morning we packed extra waters so that we could follow the shorter distance and avoid the extra 2 mi in the early afternoon heat.

8:00 a.m. Underway again, and we are following the shorter path without water stops. The weather and trail conditions are looking good so far.

9:00 a.m. Doing some quick math calculations.

Had we taken the detour into the two towns for water stops and resupply, we would have added about 25% more walking distance.

Pythagorean's theorem says our shorter path is sqrt(1^2 + 3^2) = sqrt ( 10 ) = 3.1, while our longer path is 1 + 3 = 4.

In the path with water stops, our walking distance would have been four units whereas staying to the canal Imperial, we're covering about three units of distance.

That is a 25% savings in distance walked.

Further, the disadvantages of the path with water stops are:

asphalt roads
very limited tree cover

Along the canal we have:

a dirt trail service road
fairly adequate trees providing shade

It is a no-brainer to skip the water supply routes. We are carrying enough extra water to take the shorter route without water supplies.

We have crossed into the autonomous community of Navarre.

10:30 a.m. Almost to our departure point from the Camino to Buñuel for the night. Current temperature is 77° but 0% cloud cover.

11:15 a.m. Lucky break. Came across a sign indicating a shortcut to Buñuel. It did not appear in Google Maps.

This will save another mile.

So today's going to come in it a little over 12 Mi instead of a little under 15 Mi.

11:30 a.m. Shoes and socks off break. At a nice little roadside park.

11.5 miles done. 1 mile to go to Buñuel.

11:50 a.m. Back on the road for the final push to the hostel. About 1 mile.

Half hour earlier start at 5:30 a.m. made a lot of difference. Cooler temperatures for much longer for much of the day. A lot of tree cover for shade along the Canal Imperial de Aragon. Again, huge difference. Temperatures through the hike were in the '70s, and with all the shade, it just felt cooler. Overall, a great hiking day.

Meaningful Moment

Finalizing Things

Tonight we discovered that reservations are tight at our remaining over-nighters.

So we worked the phone numbers and the web sites to get lodging for the rest of the Camino. So the schedule is set to get to Logroño, and celebrate our Camino.

Random Thought of the Day

Adapting to the weather

Today was one of those days where we did the first half of a stage that we planned to break in two yesterday.

The official distance for today's stage is approximately 36 km or just about 22 mi.

The goal would have been Tudela in the autonomous community of Navarre.

That is simply impossible in 90 plus Fahrenheit weather

So we are here in Buñuel because it is roughly in the middle of the official stage, taking 2 days instead.

Buñuel is off the Camino, but that's okay.

Community Social Center

Unsurprising that the community pool is the place to be on a 94f evening. They're are many, many people here eating, drinking, playing, swimming and just hanging out. It replaces the plazas for the evening community group hangout.

And the public pool facility has a cooling mister spray in the eating area.