Charlie. Yesterday Wynette was still recovering from her cold so I walked from Villafranca to Atapuerca by myself. She took most of the stuff with her in the taxi so I was only carrying about five pounds instead of over 20. I wanted to start early so I was first to breakfast at 7am. Wynette said she was last at 9am.
I left at 7:20 and it was pitch black out. Due to some combination of latitude and position in time zone the sun rises an hour later here than in Albuquerque.
I had to use the flashlight app on my phone for a half hour before it was light enough to avoid tripping on rocks on the trail. The photo above is how I had to read the Camino signs.
I took a selfie as I was starting in the dark.
I got to Atapuerca in 4.5 hours and met up with Wynette at the albergue. We were happy to see each other.
Geographically Spain should really be on British time, but for political and economic reasons it is on French/German time, which makes the sun rise and set very late.