Day 24 - to Mansilla de Las Mulas

27kms today! 🙌... I could tell I was a bit bored with the route when I got super excited about a curve in the road after 18kms of walking in a straight line! 🤣

Today, I walked a bit with Robert Clark from Brisbane - the founder of Crazy Clark's - remember that dollar shop chain!? He talked about how he started out in the early 80s and sold up around 2003. Interesting story! It certainly helped pass the time on that bloody long stretch of road!

I also passed this dear old blind spanish guy and tried to have a chat in spanish... he was literally in the middle of nowhere, walking along the same very long stretch of road! WOW - what an amazing human being! 🙏❤️

At the 1st village, I stopped and bought a Kit Kat (yep still obsessed with kit kats), and the owner gave me a bonus heart-shaped lollipop... how 'sweet'!! Then Karen bought me a kit kat too! It's like I won the lotto today! 🙌.... (it's the little things that count)

I stopped to have a chat with a girl from the Netherlands.... then along came a lady from Italy, then Karen from Switzerland. We were having a chat as you do on Camino with strangers in the middle of nowhere, and along comes a couple from the USA....

It was quite funny as we all introduced ourselves with the typical camino opening line... 'Hi, I'm 'so n so' from 'said country', around the circle... then the US lady says... 'ok, we'll leave you to solve the problems of the world then!' And off they trotted! ....🌏🤣

Towards the end of the walk, we chatted to 24yo Danielle from New Jersey. She started getting shin splints today, so we walked slowly with her to keep her company.

It was actually quite funny because a young, good-looking guy walked past and she started chatting to him... all of a sudden, she's metres ahead of us with NO limp and a sudden burst of energy! ... when he moved on... she was back by our side again....limping! 🤣😂

We had a wonderful, freshly cooked pizza tonight that was so delicious! A nice change from the usual pilgrim meal fare!

Just an 18km walk into the big city of Leon tomorrow - not a pleasant walk through the industrial area I hear, so I will be listening to some music I think! 🎧Baca lagi