Cerro Muriano to Villaharta 22km

We had a good night's sleep, the room was very comfortable. We woke up to an overcast sky, and there was a cold wind blowing when we set off, but we weren't complaining, it was a nice change from the heat of the past few days.

The guidebook described this stage as 'unremarkable', in other words, dull and boring, and it was not wrong. The path was a mixture of tarmac sections and dirt tracks, we followed a cycle path then what probably used to be the main road a long time ago, and then through some woodland. There was not much to photograph.

I had decided that I needed to start wearing my new hiking shoes, even though I would probably end up with blisters, the old ones were killing my feet, and crucially gave me no grip on the path.

The final section was up a very steep hell and we were glad to reach the top. I could feel blisters on both feet, so I was glad to get to what turned out to be a very nice albergue. As soon as we arrived, we got on with the tasks of showering, sorting our clothes etc, trying to find a shop and a place to eat. I had 4 blisters that would make tomorrow's walk a more painful experience, all the more so because we were expecting the terrain to be quite difficult, with ascents of 840m and descents of 800m. We tried not to worry about it, tomorrow is tomorrow. I learned on my previous camino not to get anxious about the next day and what might or might not happen, and I doubted that tomorrow would be any worse than what we had already done.Read more