We have walked 20 kms today. I have lost track of the days...one blurs into the next....there have been so many adventures...I have been quite sick. Somehow made it to Hontanos...a little village in the middle of nowhere that looks like it is falling down. It swings from serious deterioration on the one hand to serious restoration on the other...it seems the town has just woken up out of siesta and decided to restore the village. Gizzla and I were prepared to say farewell here as I couldnt go on...I was too sick and exhausted. The hospitalero organised for me to see a doctor and we tearfully said our farewells. I was feeling quite glum after that sitting on my bed looking at my bits and pieces....5 minutes later I hear Gizzla on the stairwell....Yohanna....hear her voice say....I stay wit yu...We hug and cry again. It feels so good to have a caring companion.
WE decided this morning to walk to Castrojeritz? and get a bus to Fromista. But naturally when we got there there were no buses. Fortunately the antibiotics from the doctor were having an impact and I was feeling much better. I should mention that the hospitalero at the alberque where we stayed drove my prescription to the next town to get my medicine.....such kindness is sometimes overwhelming. I am so gratelful.
So ...no buses meant only one thing...walk walk and keep walking...over a mountain ( thought the Meseta was flat)....then no albergues for miles and miles. We were stuck...the guide book was not very clear about this or maybe I didnt read it right which is probably more correct. In the middle of nowhere there appeared a German tour bus and Gizzla charmed the tour operator to give us a lift to Fromista.....otherwise it would have been sleeping in the fields with the flowers and I am not kidding. I would never have made it to the next alberque.
So here we are in Fromista and I think now about half way to Santiago. There is so much I would like to tell you about...so many happy moments and so many tears also. There is a sign at the alberque here that says NO PAIN...NO GLORY. I like that.....
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Sorry to hear you have been sick but hope those antibiotics are quickly doing their job. I know, I laugh when I read about the 'flat' Meseta, as there are some big hills early on, like that one out of Castrojeriz!!! But from Fromista, it really is very very flat for a few days....
By the way, I don't like that 'No Pain No Glory' thing: it just reminds me of some of the 'idiots' who walk too far for a few days despite horrendous blisters then end up giving up....
Hi Margaret
Yes I get Your point about the idiots....am feeling much better now but very exhausted...takes the pleasure out of everthing...onlz a week left for me before i head back to UK...so have plentz of time to take the last few dazs easz before i get to Leon..I have plentz of nuts!!
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