Imagine last night 4 strangers sharing a
room in a strange house with the door locked because the hospitalera has
gone home, in a strange town with three houses, on a street that we
didn't know in a foreign country. That was us in an ideal setting for a
murder mystery movie. And then this morning imagine four pilgrims
walking in the dark through an oak forest in the rain while all the
Spanish locals were sitting in bed at home reading the Sunday
newspaper and drinking a cup of coffee! Well that was us! Crazy
pilgrims.
Today we walked 36km from Casanova to Salceda. The albergue we
are in was used by Martin Sheen when making the Camino movie " the Way"
We wanted to make headway before the rain came and decided not to stay
in Arzua but do the extra 10km to Salceda. Most of the day was under
cloudy skies and the first few hours in continuous rain. Coffee stops
were far apart and lunch was in Castaneda just outside Arzua after a 4
hour walk. The country continuous to be lovely rolling hills and forest
but that also meant we spend all day going up and down hills which is
tiring with a backpack and my left shin is playing up badly again. Tomorrow night in in Monto Gozo which puts us 10km outside Santiago.
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