Felt much fresher today but was nervous as this was going to be the hardest day with a climb that looked pretty much vertical on the relief map. Sue the retired English Nurse made us so coffee and we still had apples and chocolate covered churros from yesterday for a little breakfast.
We were able to see the mountains we were heading for yesterday, looming ahead of us like Mordor. The first part of today was a very gentle climb so I used the opportunity for some mental preparation by playing Neil the theme tune from Psycho as we walked towards the large jagged peaks.
It must have worked because we both found today not half as bad we were expecting. We were both sweating like Michael Jackson at a ... (I'll leave it to you to imagine how Neil finished this sentence) but perhaps the stunning scenery kept our minds off the exertion. There was also wild flowers and all sorts of different mushrooms dotted around everywhere. If I had mushroom identifying skills I would have liked to have picked the mushrooms for a tasty wild mushroom soup but I've heard too many horror stories. I was reading only last week that the author of the 'Horse Whisperer' put his whole family into renal failure by picking the wrong mushrooms and now they're all waiting for new kidneys. I Wouldn't want to do that to my fellow pilgrims.
All in all a very beautiful day with lots of natural loveliness to look at.
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