Today we woke up early at 5.30am after a reasonable nights sleep, it was just very very hot! Also it was a Saturday night in a big city which seemed to have an abundance of drunken stag, hens and students up until we set off walking at 6am.
Julia´s dad, George (the South African pilgrims) offered to take my 13kg (without water weight) via a transportation system therefore myself and Julia could share her bags weight between us both. This was much welcomed as the walk today was very long and went into the afternoon, the temperature being 35´c at least! The scenery wasnt the best we have seen whilst on our walks, occasionaly passing through vine yards but majoritaly on roads.
When we reached the half way point we paused for a longer lunch stop at a small bar en route. This was much welcomed and I had a cold glass of coke with ice and an ice lolly! Me and Julia swapped bags here and continued on the walk. At one point towards the end we seemed to have gotten ourselves a little lost. Luckily a spanish jogger showed us which path to take, which we suspect cut of 5km off the original walk!
The Albergue was difficult to find being a huge walk from one end of the town to the other! This particular albergue is a donation one so I put in €5 and went to have a long cold shower!
I was then able to speak to my mum and dad on skype which was great and gave me the push I needed to continue as I am starting to feel exhausted and crabby with this walk, mainly because I feel as though I´m not fit enough to continue with the day after day long walks! My knees and feet reflect this. I am therefore thinking of taking a rest day and getting the bus to the next albergue to meet them (on my own as I believe the others want to continue without stopping - good on them! :o ).
So, I shall update as soon as I can.
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