Ledigos to Bercianos del Real Camino

Fabulous breakfast of espresso coffees, fresh orange juice, chocolate croissants, tortillas, and toastardas. We were in heaven!

A reasonably late departure for us at 7.30 am. A good day on the Masetta, lovely clear sunny sky but a cool wind.

We crossed the halfway point today and took a couple of photos between the monuments.

We bought lunch supplies from the only supermarket open in the large town of Sahgun and had sandwiches, cokes, and chips in the sunshine, perfect.

The road followed along the motorway for the most part, but there were shady trees and grain fields on both sides. It was a very pleasant 24kms.

Both Lucy and Ems are having some blister issues, but Brian and I seem to have goat's feet - no issues at all. None of us have any other physical ailments, but we are all just getting very, very tired. We have a planned break in the city of Leon in a couple of days' time to catch up on sleep. Today, the girls and I (Michelle) started dreaming of our suitcases waiting in Santiriago and anticpated the joy of dust free clothes, jeans, and street shoes!

We have made a few friends now on the Camino: "the boys- Marco, John and Barry, Emma from the US, Kay from Aussie ( a veteran 11 Camino walker), Kim from Italy and Jimmy from Ireland to name a few. We know our finish date in Santiago will coincide with many people, so we are looking forward to celebrating with them.

We reached our accommodation by 3pm. The hostel is grim; the opposite of last night's. We were keen to escape, so we had quick showers and relocated to the "nice" albergue for games of Uno, beers, bar snacks, and dinner. Our plan was to camp there until the last minute and go back to sleep in our hostel and escape as early as possible in the morning.

We knew tonight's accommodation would be challenging due to a hasty change in plans last night. We had planned to walk the old Roman way. But discovered this is not the best option. So changed. We think from here on we are all sorted with good digs.Læs mere