Day 15 on the Camino

We had breakfast at the Albergue before we set off, a little later than though originally - 07:40. We hit the straight gravel track again, by the side of the road. But this time trees and bushes lined it offering shade and perfume to the walk. Alongside the loud bird song you would hear old leaves rustling in the ditch beside the road and path. Mice, would scurry across the path as you would be about to pass them. One even bumped into Tracey’s boot! They evenly lined the path for acre kilometres.
We pressed on, through Sahagun, where railings lined the streets to the bull ring - festival time; and some revellers were still going home from the night before. We passed the old monastery and pilgrim hospital (now a hotel) on the way out of town and back onto the long straight paths.
The fields were still agricultural, and through one we saw a deer walking by.
The weather was perfect for walking, a cooling breeze kept the rising temperature of the sun at bay, and the clouds were as you use to draw as a child in the sky (flat bottomed and curly on top).
Our legs felt fresh and in no time we had walked half of today, without stopping. The second half had a couple of water stops and a break for a lunch (bought from the Bercianos village shop as we passed through). There was an option of routes too, but we kept to the real Camino.
Leaves rustled too along the path, but this time not just mice; but green lizards too.
The final stretch was 13km between villages - the straightness was becoming monotonous and with little variation to see these kilometres seemed to take longer to complete. But the music from our speaker got us there, lol.
We made up half of the four in the “vegetarian” Albergue. Showers and rested we then all ate together. Getting tired we went to the dorm and planed the next few days out, evening the kilometres.Read more