Monday 5 March 2018

A day on the Camino ...

...but not the unfinished business along the Via de la Plata ... this was the 25km leg of the Eastern Portugal Way, previously tried up the Serpa. ... and thanks to a diversion and the extra 3km to Vila Real to pick up the train, that's about 30km ... a good day's walking in sunshine and showers and in company with Harald, from Norway, a serious hiker ready for a decent stretch ... pictured with the latest addition to the Eastern Way, a handsome marker giving an idea of the scale of the task ahead ... if you choose to complete it, of course ...

Scandinavians well represented, with Danes, Anne-Marie and Ole checking out today, Gudmund still here after a flying visit to Seville for a casino ... and whose great question "If there had been no birds, would humans have decided to fly?" is left unanswered, like all the best questions ... Harald himself, though no Swedes or Finns so far ... are Finns and Icelanders Scandinavian? Hmm must ask Google about that one ...

Quiet in the hostel ... a French couple converse in the kitchen, names and photos yet to be obtained ...

Itchy feet a little happier, though it will be a week before they get going in earnest again, when Spring is properly sprung and, hopefully, teeth sorted for another few years ...

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