A terrible nights´ sleep due to the excessive snoring of a fellow pilgrim. As far as we´re concerned people with sleeping disorders like that should be banned from dormitory accommodation (especially when we´ve decided to spend the night there).
05:00 was again the time for which the alarm was set and breakfast was again something not to be enjoyed at this early hour. We were on our way again by 05:40. Enjoying the dark and quiet for the first hour meant we were able to make steady progress to our first point of call along the route, Los Arcos.
The first 12 km had taken their toll on my (AM) feet, especially the little toe of my left foot has been suffering severely. I decided to wrap up the offending item (after attempting to lance the blister) and to replace my hiking boots by my sandals (with socks I´m afraid). Bliss!!!! - for one of us anyway. As Quentin thought my poor but ugly feet had suffered enough for one day, he decided that my hiking boots should be added to his already considerable backpack load of at least 30 kg (?) rather than adding their weight to my already hefty load of 1 kg (?).
Another 20 km later through the beautiful countryside of Navarra with regular stops for feet resting, photo taking and the obligatory watering took us to our final stop for the day: Viana. As the hotel we´d pre-booked didn´t appear to be immediately accessible, we decided to change hotel and book ourselves into a 3 Star luxury hotel (suite was the only available room) and are about to have a quick drink prior to exploring the cultural riches Viana has to offer.
2 comments:
Tante A/Q Ma'Loon : sending begging text (again) to Mom just cos you did 32km yesterday! Is this like walking to the duck pond and back at my house?
Sam (age 4 3/4yrs)with no pocket money left!
Hi kids,
Well done, hope your sore foot(A) is healed properly. As far as I understand the both of you are walking for the booze at the end of the day.There are many days to go so.....
M&N
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