With coffee and tortilla in my tum and only one of my blisters giving me gip there was a skip in my step when I left the albergue this morning.
John was feeling better, too.
By the time we reached the corner, I said, I’m feeling kind of naked.
We’ve got everything, eh, said John.
I’d checked the dorm. He’d checked the dining room.
Must be the coffee and tortilla, we agreed. But you might be able to spot what’s missing in this photo of John striding it out in the blue, pre-dawn light.
And then, half an hour later, it dawned on us … well … on John.
Dawn, on the outskirts of El Burgo Ranero
We’d each forgotten our poles. We turned and looked at the distant lights of El Burgo, at least half an hour away. We looked at each other. “Nope!”
So there we have it, folks, the price for an hour of walking time on the Camino? Approximately, $NZ100.00 per person.
The remainder of our walk was uneventful by comparison. The route, as with yesterday, was flat, tree-lined, the gravel surface easy on our feet.
The path along the way, today
They support peregrinos around here. The plane trees planted alongside the path provide welcome shade. There’s plenty of encouragement in the graffiti, too.
We can!
We walked through the old town gates of Mansilla de las Mullas and past St James, who it seems always has his pole, about 12:30.
We’ve decided to do some shoe shopping for me in Leon and have booked a room in a Pensione for two nights. We might get some new poles, too.
Categories: Camino de Santiago, Europe, Spain
Jill's Scene 
I’m curious to know if you’ve been walking in the same pair of shoes the whole time or do you have two pairs that you alternate? Too bad about leaving the poles behind, but I suppose they’re really necessary. Onward! 🙂
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Good to see you nanaged to start with a coffee today, makes a world of defferance. You are motoring along well now . Very impressive.
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Good excuse for a shop. Sorry to hear your shoes need replacing, breaking in new ones could be traumatic….
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Hope the shoe shopping goes well, and the 2 day restbreak.
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I am totally enjoying this walk – and no blisters…
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I am sorry to hear about the poles! Hope your husband is feeling better and that your blisters are better too. Two days in this city may provide a good and well-deserved rest.
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Nothing like a good coffee to kick you into your walking day….and rest assured, Camino pilgrims every day across theis great walk leave behind ‘something’. Treating yourself to “NEW” is something too look forward too. May the blue skies continue.
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As for me, leaving the poles behind was a freeing experience… they were an accident waiting to happen!
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good for you John. From recall, I think I really needed thtem in 3 (part days) of my 27 days, so the 90/10 rule for me wins
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