Boadilla del C. to Carrion de los Condes

Three significant pieces of wildlife news from today.

1. I was first out of the albergue this morning and all to myself, I had a baby deer walk out onto the path, and run along it for a bit. How special! I gasped.

2. After a few days of none, I once more found a ladybug in my way. What a relief! I gasped.

3. I saw 5c on the ground, and was going to pass it when I remembered 'see a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck'. IMMEDIATELY on picking it up I saw four cats. This then exploded to a 13-seen 2-patted day. What stats! I gasped.

'They' say that the Camino has three distinct quadrants. SJPP to Burgos tests you physically, the Meseta, mentally, and Astorga to Santiago is a celebration. It's true that my legs no longer hurt at the end of the day (although that's been the case for more than a week NOT TO BRAG) and its nice and flat. The battle just shifts to gravity and heat. It's one you stand a chance with in April. I don't think I'd enjoy July.

Caffeine should have its own budget line item - coffee and Coke are cornerstones of the diet, along with bread and increasingly, but trailing by a long way, lentils. Today I subsisted on the first two until 3pm which honestly was quite stupid.

There was a minute in the last five kilometres when I completely floated away from my body and couldn't feel my legs. I assumed I was going to pass out but didn't. I'll be more organised in future, and have breakfast. In fact I've just finished my lunch and I'm off to the supermarket now.Weiterlesen