This pretty much summarises Friday, a rainy, wet, muddy day. We had about 26km to walk, on forest tracks and through hills and small villages. This was great as long as the sun shone, and all was bright and light,however then the rain came in ... the day ended up with two small, muddy, tired people just wanting to get dry again. Our boots were weighed down by the mud, every step felt twice as hard as usual, sweaty inside the raincoats and soaked from the outside.
In a stroke of amazing luck, or coincidence, Astrid from Germany had arranged for a bed in a beautiful albergue, they had come to pick her up from the town and had space for us .... So a shower, a clean bed, a dinner that soothed tired tummies and frayed nerves, and the world was a happier place again. The dinner was salad, pasta, followed by bacon, eggs and chips, followed by fruit, for 9 euros including decent wine it was great, and three slightly mad but lovely French Canadian ladies kept the table fun.
After the long day, we decided to do a small walk (7km) yesterday and to stop in a monastery for a night, and attend the Vespers ceremony. The monastery was beautiful, tranquil, really lovely scenery and the service had hauntingly beautiful singing. The rest and relaxation in such a beautiful place was really appreciated, we desperately needed an easy day.
Shame about the French people with whom we had to share the albergue, they were really grumpy and inhospitable, really not according to the spirit of the Camino.
Lisa and I heading off up to the monastery
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