Todays walk was a 26km walk and the beginning passed through a couple of small towns and was fairly scenic. We arrived then in Sahagun which was an unimpressive town despite the guide book saying it was historical , but to us it just looked run down. We did however pass over a mark saying it was exactly half way between Roncevailles and Santiago!
After and hours breakwe continued. This half of the walk was barren and desert like so was taxing mentally and physically because of the heat. Also the last half of the walk is the hardest for me personally as my knees ´´give up the go¨.
The albergue in Calzadilla is donation and is pods of four bunk beds.
We all )everyone at the albergue and then some of our friends who are staying at the other albergue) went to the local store. We bought some wine and food to make a communal meal. At first the lady looking after the albergue (a volunteer from Brazil) was concerned and spent most of the time whilst we were cooking, shouting at us all! Particularly when we placed 8 bottles of wine on the table and she threatened everyone with the police. However there was 13 or 14 people eating with us! The meal consisted of ; tomato, garlic chickpea and pepper sauce with pasta, mixed salad, bread, cheese, olives, and some spanish apple dessert slice thing. She then realised everything was fine and we were not crazy drunken pilgrims and she actually ended up dancing with us and teaching Anne to salsa and flamenco. It was a great night and only cost everyone €2!
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