OBANOS TO LORCA

The day started off warm and sunny and I left the village with a guy from Korea called Hun who told me he was 71....he was very sweet and carried a very basic pack held together withsafety pins cause his zip had broken...had none of the hi tech equipment that most of us seem to think is so essential.  The scenery is marvellous passing through vineyards and olive groves with mountains in back drop and lush green pastures and farmland.  The early spring red poppies are sprinkled along the way with yellow canola flowers.  Some hard walking up and down hills and rocky and i mean rocky path ways.  It makes the walking very slow.  3kms can take an hour and a half so you cant really judge how far you will travel ...its just a case of keep going.  Meeting many wonder ful people...so far have met Danish, Finish, Germans, French, Koreans and Spanish.  Waved to a couple of Aussies at Ronscavelles but not met any on the walk as such, no Kiwis or English.  I have my Aussie flag hanging over the side of my back pack and many people ask if I have come from Australia....I say Yes...and they go WOWª...maybe they think I walked here from Aus Ha Ha...anyway they love the Aussies.
One of my refections today was stopping at a little cemetry along the way on the side of a hill.  I was looking at all the gravestones and a little prayer seemed to come up from within....Give God your soul to keep for you too one day will beside me sleep.....dont know where that came from....it is odd what comes up.

So here I am at Lorca and staying at an absolutely fabulous alberque....such a warm welcome and great facilities with bar and restaurant downstairs....was going to have a massage but the masseur wasnt able to do it....sad!!
Travelled 15 kms today...it was enough with blister and all.  Am starting to realize that my two weeks will not be enough to get me to Burgos and back to UK so if I dont get any work between not and Tuesday next week I will keep going and maybe finish at Leon and finish the Camino to Santiago later this year before I go back hme....we shall see.  It is dinner time now...Perigrinos menu 9 Euros with vino tinto....tomorrow is another day on the Camino to Santiago....