Fuenterroble to Morille

I didn't sleep great, although I enjoyed the comfortable bed and the quiet, it was a bit cold, and sure enough once I looked outside the skies were dark and clouds heavy with rain waiting to fall. It had certainly rained through the night, I guessed no one would be worrying too much about the heat today.

I packed quickly and headed off to the cafe bar to meet Seiki. The cafe owner met us as promised at 0900 and we set off. I have to say he was not a great driver, and I actually had to use the camino app on my phone to direct him. By the time we arrived at our agreed drop off point it was raining hard and we had just over an hours walking to go (I average 6 km per hour on a flat path) . We headed towards San Pedro and then took the cut off towards Morille. We got there in good time, and thanks to our ponchos we were quite dry. I think we had made the right choice as the rain had been bad enough when we were walking, but it was getting heavier as the afternoon went on.

I remembered the albergue in Morrille as a real dump, with no privacy in the showers, however, there was a new owner, and although the showers were just as bad, everything else seemed to have been upgraded a bit. I phoned the number on the door and within 10 minutes the hospitalero arrived and booked us in.

There was only one cafe/bar in town and it was open to serve food from 1300 to 1530, and then again from 1930. So we went and had some tapas and I had a much needed coffee.

There is absolutely nothing to do or to see in Morille, so we went back to the albergue and Seiki went for a siesta and I lay on my bunk in my sleeping bag - it was very cold - and read a book my kindle for a while, and spent some time writing up spiritual reflections from my camino journey so far.

I went back to the cafe bar and had dinner and it was ok, not the best menu del dia I have had but not the worst either. Tomorrow, I will walk into the great city of Salamanca where I have booked a room in the very nice hotel I stayed in before, it is a bit of an extravagance, but it is worth it. I packed most of my stuff before going to bed, making sure I had my head torch handy, the toilets are down the very narrow stairs, and there is no night light. Despite not walking too far today, I was tired and happy enough to turn out the light.もっと詳しく