Friday 28 October 2016

Cistierna to Mansilla de las Mulas ...

Having planted the seed, much of this morning's shortish walk was spent musing on tricking the mind and body with two shortish walks with a longish lunch between ... the route simple enough, on the plain, mountains left behind, main road on the other side of the river, Camino following local road, counting down the kilometres, with occasional excursions ... no bars to delay the trip ... woods ... fields full of maize and sunflowers ready for harvest ... lunch stop out of Gradefes, which has a pilgrim albergue, but no restaurant ... a long day or two short ones ... time to find some pilgrims. ..

And so, an epic journey to rejoin the French Way ends just before 8pm and 46 km, in the very busy albergue ... pilgrims all over the place ... beware what you ask for ... the afternoon a mental exercise, since the body was rested and fuelled ... more back road, through fields, plodding on in the warm sunshine for nearly five hours ... and having found a top bunk and showered it's off out to a quiet bar with attached pasteleria to send off today's meagre offering ... coming down after the mountains, adjusting to plains energy. .. and re-engaging with pilgrims ... tomorrow to Leon ... maybe ...

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