Day eight... how did that happen!

The realisation suddenly hit home that I have now walked 8 consecutive days. I still can't believe it!

Today, it was a later start as everyone felt we deserved a cuppa before we headed out for a change. I'm down to an average of 2-3 coffees maximum a day.

We were still out before sunrise. The landscape was pretty and incredible to see the changing landscape. The first half indeed was the knee breaker with repetitive uphill, downhill combinations of steep graffiti.... the bigger issue was that the surfaces were often extremely smooth, making traction difficult.

Having said that, my knee is holding up. It's permanently taped. The tape is starting to irritate the skin, so I'll need to take a break from it soon. My legs and feet, as with everyone else's, are a mixture of colours with areas of irritated redness from the all to familiar exercise induced vasculitis. The occasional insect bite, snags from over handing brambles, and windburn. My feet remain blister free.

Today, my cold had headed towards my chest. My nose is still runny but improved. Here's hoping tomorrow brings more improvement.

Sarah and Julie left our group quite early today. Sarah flies home to Canada on Tuesday, so wanted some time alone to reflect on things. Julie wanted to walk at a faster pace.

Eric, Karlin and I walked together for much of the day. Tho I also walked alone with Emilio a young Italian from Sicilly. It's great to spend time with some of the younger walkers. He is living in Venice where he works for an IT company. He'll head back to Sicilly for a week after the Camino to see his parents.
At the top of a hill we came across an area dedicated to the memory of people who have died along the Camino, along with the deceased loved ones of pilgrims. It was a peaceful place, and I stood reflecting on the unfairness in life, while Eric and Karlin scattered some ashes.

The only town on today's route was Vianna which is a lovely little town. We stopped for coffee.

Then it was onwards. The day felt longer than so many of the days we have walked. Perhaps just that we left later, or that irs day 8!

We are all staying in different accommodations tonight. Karlin and Eric have two nights planned here in Logrono. Julie is in one Albergue and Sarah and I by chance ended up in the same one as each other. Also here is Antonio-a French man from a few days ago. His knee is shot, so he is flying home tomorrow. Johannes- nick named the weather man. Jacinda the 22 yr old Aussie who is so bright and bubbly. Along with many familiar Koreans.

Tonight Sarah cooked a lovely vegetarian pasta dish that we shared. There was much humour late on when the youngsters started to cook. Jacinda bless her wanted to know how to defrost the frozen mixed veg before cooking it. It is lovely that they are actually cooking many nights. Though tonight they admitted to buying rice flour instead of rice. They are a lovely group, and I'm thinking there will be life long friendships there.

Tomorrow I will walk on. The options are either I think it's 9 miles or 18 miles with no alternatives. I'm talking it easy with 9 miles. I need to take it easy to recover. That will make my next 2 days super short before 2 long ones.

Steps today 39576
Miles today 19.2
Total walked 159.06 milesLeer más