Day 12

Last  night was fun. As my Canadian friend described it we seem to have stumbled on the camino "frat party". Over dinner I tried to explain the concept of a cream tea with little success. The cream tea is always my 'go to' as an example of something very English. If anybody can think of anything else please let me know! Yet again I had a superb nights sleep. The Albergue was super modern, warm and quiet.

Our group has grown now. I spent part of the day walking with a Spanish man who spoke no English (outrageous! ). We spent most of the time in silence but towards the end of the walk found a shared love of Leonard Cohen. Then using my guide book he helped me with some Spanish pronunciation (I thought after more than a week of being in Spain it was about time that I learnt a bit more of the language).

We have now hit the Meseta often known as the boring bit of the Camino. If the Camino was a film (which it is incidently, 'The Way' with Martin Sheen) this would be the musical montage part. It is super flat with few trees but this does make for very big skies and the ability to see your next destination several kilometres before arriving. I thought this would make for some easy days of walking but I have started developing blisters and my right ankle is sore. I also now have sunburn but only down on one side because I am always walking in the same direction. If the weather stays this sunny I will be returning to the UK with a lovely left sided farmer's tan!