After yesterday's exertions, today is a stroll ... albeit with some serious climbing ... solo room perfect for deep sleep, while organism gets to work repairing tissue damage ... left foot taking a while to make friends with its shoe ... double breakfast nearby makes up for yesterday's neglect ... lots of pilgrims about, though first couple of hours through woods and hills blissfully solo ... before steep climb up to La Lastra and first stop, a Spanish woman is going the other way ... Santiago to Madrid via Oviedo ... then a Spanish man preparing for the ascent ... and halfway up a Frenchman and his Portuguese wife, both residents of Luxembourg ... the bar offers more pilgrims ... three young Germans and an Englishman ... the most scenic toilet in the world ... shandy, coffee, banana ... and onwards, catching up with David from Cumbria and a conversation all the way to Cadavo ... fascinating ... his company working with disadvantaged folks around the world ... savouring his suffering, some residual issues from active service in the Marines to resolve ... information about a cryptocurrency based in Bulgaria working in medical assistance ... at Cadavo he carries on to the Municipal Albergue 9km ahead, having travelled with the Germans and an Argentinian couple along the stages ...
Casa Eligio offers the menu del dia plus adjacent albergue bed ... Santiago from Madrid is waiting there ... hostel two years old and very comfortable, including the first heated boot rack so far observed ...
Rain arrives later, but today's earlier finish means it is dodged. ... an excursion into the small town enabled in a brief break from the rain ... fruit for tonight and the morning, a kitchen to make porridge ... the simple things in life ...
Tomorrow, Lugo, the first city since Oviedo, under 30km and easy enough ...
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