We’ve finally made it back to Leon, thankfully this time without any significant medical problems. Mum’s little toe, painful for the first couple of days, has been tamed with the removal of ankle support padding and the soft gel around the toe which together had the effect of pushing the toe too far forward. This had led to the toe rubbing painfully on the side of the boot. A single plaster of compeed in the toe has worked its magic.

Last night’s albergue was very pleasant but it’s nice to be back in a private room. We’ve had the credential stamped at the cathedral

and we’ll be ready to move on in the morning.

Today’s walk was quite short, no more than 19km but it followed the main road pretty much all the way and was quite hard underfoot. Seen from public transport, the tail end of the meseta appears pretty flat. Seen from the perspective of the pilgrim it’s anything but. It undulates constantly, not in the most part by a great deal but sufficiently so as to make it always interesting.

If you look carefully at the image above you can see the path rising in the far distance, typical of this part of the meseta.

It’s been a lovely day, fluffy clouds and a bright blue sky. Both of us have caught the sun, so much so that we’ve been forced to buy sunscreen factor 50. We’d come prepared for snow, wind and heavy rain and as we get closer to Santiago I’m sure that we’ll see the benefit of having done so but so far the temperature has been perfect for walking.

Let’s see what tomorrow will bring. The lady on reception has kindly rung through to the albergue at tomorrow’s destination and has booked two double rooms for us. It’s 20km of fairly flat countryside so shouldn’t prove too demanding. We’ve bought an avocado, tomatoes and bread so won’t have to resort to bacon and eggs for breakfast as we did today, tasty though they were 😉.

Hope all is well at home and in Majorca

Buen Camino