Today's Walk

Set off in the rain been told to expect more and lots and lots of hills . Turned out the rain abated after about 1 hour but boy did the hills keep coming all day .hard going but great when got on to the level or even coming down .The Camino was very very busy today can't think of many times when I was on my own with no walkers insight and oh so many signs even if a few were baffling Now Listen I will say this only once .. During the early rain I ended up walking with a group of French men it was good to get going but my failed O level french didn't take me far it felt like I'd landed in a episode of Ello Ello more than once as their English was worse than my French . The hills separated the group so I took the opportunity to step out and walked alone until a very steep hill brought me together with Jürgen an Austrian business man we walked quite a while together an interesting character his first question when I told him I was from Northern Ireland was I Irish or British well that conversation didn't take off I was struggling enough with the bloody hills without that . Anyway I noticed when we got on the flat he was starting to slow up quite markedly I asked was he okay he showed me a picture on his phone of his blistered heel OMG I've never seen anything like it it looked like his heel was hanging off his foot like a broken heel can hang off a shoe . This was 10 days into his trip and he tells me it's been like that since day 3... He said he has kept it clean but ....

Arrived at the Hostel 30 minutes before check in opened and had a really really good coffee and churros while I waited .I got another lower bunk in the corner and in the next bed is a lively South African Lady who is like a breath of fresh air talking to everyone and the hostel is reflecting her and everyone chatting . Showered and heading out for some shopping after I washed some socks and pants. Just helped a jolly German girl wring out her washed fleece we make a good team . Should be an interesting nightRead more