Day 23 (Thursday 30 May) 264 kilometres to Santiago. I'll be a tourist today and just take a few pictures. That and check around all the albergues to see if I can locate the owner of the walking sticks that I found yesterday in Mazarife. The weather is sunny and clear. I wore long pants on the trail the day before for the first time, just because of the wind. It's back to my beach bum look today.
Astorga is a delightful little city. I can see why it was one of Mark's favourites last year. After a huge breakfast in the hotel, I stroll around for a couple of hours in the morning, after a great night's sleep. I take what I am sure are the usual pictures. I also recce my route out of town for tomorrow, which proves wise, as it is not well marked.
This is a lazy day. Tomorrow I'll start a run of 11 days (10 nights) to reach Santiago de Compestela on Monday the 10th of June. In the interim, my athletes' foot is contained and I feel that I can do the same with my heel pain (plantar's fasciitis), so long as I stretch my calf muscles on a regular basis. It's not rocket science, but it does require some diligence. Quality is mainly about sweating the details.
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Beautiful writing John. The Camino is your's to make it what you want. I never really spent a lot of time wondering or worrying about any sort of personal pains or even that of others I suppose....my head was just about getting it done and hoping for some sort of enlightenment. I loved the entire trail and it's diversity - like life. Buen Camino Skipper!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics Dad, keep it up!
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