8:30am Just outside Sahagun
God give me patience with the French on the Camino. They are the biggest group and seem to be very arrogant and unwilling to make any allowance for others. Ladt night st dinner they sat each side of me and talked to each other across me in French with no apology or acknowledgement of my existence. Maybe I should have offered to swap seats. I was cold last night even with a blanket over my sleeping bag. I didn't wear socks as I wanted to air my feet and I woke up at 2:30am with really cold feet. I have seen Claire from London and her French companion several times but today over breakfast we talked about what to see and do in London and she had many ideas.
Today is an easy day only 12 km.The alternative is 32km which I am not feeling up to today. So after about 15 minutes walking I am sitting down and recalling what happened last night.
I find it interesting that on the walk from Villamayor dr Monjardin I wondered if my call was out of the world to join one of the religious orders. Now I see I am being challenged to be more fully human. To you taking the risk of finding loveand iintimacy may seem easy but to me after so many failed relationships it is the hardest thing I can imagine. The French group have just passed by carrying oniday bags. Also a group of locals chatting away loudly.
Calzada de Coto 9:45am
I carried the pack for Serges a bit before where the tracks part. I am taking the longer right track along old Roman roads, now called the Via Romana to distinguish it from the Camino that is the left route following the road. It is wonderful sunshine and I suspect it will be hot later. The French group appear to also be heading towards Calzadilla de los Hermillos but I hope since they aren't carrying packs they will go further.
I cried a little earlier as I thought of all the pain of the last 20 years. Was that necessary for me to get where I am now or did I just put the shutters uo emotionally and suffer needlessly?
Calzadilla de los Hermillos 9:15pm
An interesting day . First into the albergue first to have a shower and washed my clothes in the machine. Alas my sweater has not come clean so at some point I need to throw it away and buy another. I walked about half the way into town with Kathy, Mike, Jack and Jim. I have now worked out that Kathy is Jack's partner and the mother of Mike and Jim. I also had dinner with another American group Oliver and Dophie. An interesting discussion and again Thomas Merton came up. Anna and I went for a walk around the village after dinner anf had a talk. It was very useful in getting leveled.
God give me patience with the French on the Camino. They are the biggest group and seem to be very arrogant and unwilling to make any allowance for others. Ladt night st dinner they sat each side of me and talked to each other across me in French with no apology or acknowledgement of my existence. Maybe I should have offered to swap seats. I was cold last night even with a blanket over my sleeping bag. I didn't wear socks as I wanted to air my feet and I woke up at 2:30am with really cold feet. I have seen Claire from London and her French companion several times but today over breakfast we talked about what to see and do in London and she had many ideas.
Today is an easy day only 12 km.The alternative is 32km which I am not feeling up to today. So after about 15 minutes walking I am sitting down and recalling what happened last night.
I find it interesting that on the walk from Villamayor dr Monjardin I wondered if my call was out of the world to join one of the religious orders. Now I see I am being challenged to be more fully human. To you taking the risk of finding loveand iintimacy may seem easy but to me after so many failed relationships it is the hardest thing I can imagine. The French group have just passed by carrying oniday bags. Also a group of locals chatting away loudly.
Calzada de Coto 9:45am
I carried the pack for Serges a bit before where the tracks part. I am taking the longer right track along old Roman roads, now called the Via Romana to distinguish it from the Camino that is the left route following the road. It is wonderful sunshine and I suspect it will be hot later. The French group appear to also be heading towards Calzadilla de los Hermillos but I hope since they aren't carrying packs they will go further.
I cried a little earlier as I thought of all the pain of the last 20 years. Was that necessary for me to get where I am now or did I just put the shutters uo emotionally and suffer needlessly?
Calzadilla de los Hermillos 9:15pm
An interesting day . First into the albergue first to have a shower and washed my clothes in the machine. Alas my sweater has not come clean so at some point I need to throw it away and buy another. I walked about half the way into town with Kathy, Mike, Jack and Jim. I have now worked out that Kathy is Jack's partner and the mother of Mike and Jim. I also had dinner with another American group Oliver and Dophie. An interesting discussion and again Thomas Merton came up. Anna and I went for a walk around the village after dinner anf had a talk. It was very useful in getting leveled.
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