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.

As with many of my crafts what makes this card camino-y is the use of the blue and yellow of the Camino signs and the star from the 'field of stars'. The star could be replaced with the Camino shell if you want The card is done with a black pen and stars cut from yellow paper and is very easy to make.

We were up at 6:30 and took Mum's bag down for 7:30 before eating breakfast in our room. As we headed downstairs at 8:40 we realised that we had forgotten to write our day's destination on Mum's bag.

I cooked us scrambled eggs for breakfast and we lingered a long time over this so that it was 9:30 by the time we set off - definitely the latest I have ever set off on Camino. The day was sunny but there was a breeze so that it wasn't too hot for walking.

We were up at 6:30 and went down for our free breakfast. We got two slices of toast each with jam and a hot drink.  When we finished eating it was raining outside so we took a few minutes to get our coats and bag covers on only to find when we got outside that it had stopped raining!