On the Camino

We got up at 6:30 and packed everything up quickly so that we could be off stopping at the bar downstairs to pay for the room. There was some confusion over the Camino direction today - the route had been changed since Mum had walked it last year but the arrows had not yet completely faded from the paths so we had to stop a couple of times to work out which way to go.

Today was a short day at only 10km but we still got up at half six and heard two trains leave the station before we had left the hotel. The walk was quiet as we started off along the side of the train tracks, our short cut back to the Camino. We could easily tell when we hit the Camino again as the arrows reappeared.

Today was our longest day on this Camino at 20km but we had breakfast included at the hotel to set us up for the day - I felt a little bit strange sitting in the posh dining room surrounded by people in smart clothes as I sat there in road-dusted clothes but the food was enough to forget this. It was a buffet with meat, cheese, yogurt and toast with jams and that was the reason why we did not set off until after nine.