Last night's supper was a gathering of Northern Europeans ... France, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Britain and no mention of EU politics at all ... refreshing ... good food and plenty of carb loading for the mountain walk ... delicious pastas bravas plus scrambled eggs and mushrooms, a shared bottle of red wine and a peaceful night ... early breakfast and off for 24 km of traffic free walking ... forest tracks ... plenty of ups and downs, though less steep than yesterday ... good altitude, high cloud, pre-dawn start and solo for a couple of hours ... Nadia walking back from the rural albergue, having left sandals and, critically, insulin, at the Getaria hostel ... as if the way was not already tough enough ... plenty of pilgrims on the road for passing hellos, then a walking companion for a while ... Joan from Barcelona, via Findhorn and wandering free, Portugal bound maybe, ... some philosophy then on alone uphill again ... a lunch stop and chat with Adam, from New Zealand ... also travelling free ... down to town together, a welcome distraction from the steep descent ... a coffee and tapa, gathering incoming pilgrims ... first, Kaori, from Japan, via Cambridge ... the Spanish group ... Jacobein, Paris who is English, living in Cadiz, Eva from Italy ... some continue 7 km to the next albergue ... the Convento one in town is fine for me ... though WiFi tricky to find, until the good old municipal library appears ...
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