Day 21 Carrion de Los Conde - Sahagun

Dinner in Sahagun with Peter
and the lively Magdalena

Just had an interesting evening. Met up with Alain for aperitif who has walked every step of the way from Paris and refuses to take any buses or taxis. He has just developed blisters again, the first since Bordeaux and he is quite demoralised.

Had dinner with Peter, a very tall, able and intelligent German and his beautiful companion - Magdelena - see photos. They met on the camino and sometimes travel together, sometimes separately. He is grounded tomorrow by a local doctor due to the state of his legs. She is pushing on. She told us she was a psychologist working with disturbed children, an alcoholic and I think she said she had got the sack due to trying too hard and as a result of the shock is on the camino. So it goes.

Monastry at Carrion de Los Condes

Sad to report a really low day so far.  The Albergue last night was not a good experience. I was really scared of falling off the top bunk and caused much disruption by putting my matress on the floor in a confined space. Mo had a very disturbed night due to loads of loud snorers in the room.

Eureka - I see signs of life!

Then we did 17 km of straight flat boring walking. It was interminable! The only saving grace being that it was not hot today. That would have been insufferable.

There was one other saving grace, the red of the poppies and blue of the cornflowers stood against the soft green of the stray rye grass. The skylarks were in full voice and the camino bird that has sung to us on the hedge rows as we passed is in fact a -- skylark! His song is completely different from when he is in flight, so it has taken me until now to realise this! I am no bird watcher - Mo

Mo got bitten by something yesterday and her arm swelled up. By the time we reached Calzadilla it was hard and hot so we got a taxi to the nearest pharmacy in Sahagun for antihistamine tablets. 

Then we booked in at a Hostal (€40) to be sure to get some sleep tonight. 

We are now further ahead than anticipated and by the look of the camino walking alongside the main road when we were in the taxi, we havn't missed much.

There are high points and low points on this camino as in life and this is a low one - enough said!

The long and unwinding road!

On and on we go .....