25.2 walked today
257.8 walked so far
Today was to reach 32 and so we planned another 6am exit and achieved 5.50🙂.
We had scouted the likely stops and decided that coffee at 8.5kms was the only prospect. Leaving the central square the night before there were maybe 2000 tourists. At 5.50am on Saturday there was a photographer with tripod, 4 cleaners and a group of maybe 15 students who hadn't seen a bed.
The city was silent and the countryside misty. We were greeted with a beautifully chilled air. Just as well to as Clare was on a mission to beat the heat. Stops went to plan
1 coffee shop at 8 kms
2 ditch by the road ( shaded with a stone wall for our backs at 12kms
3 park bench at 16kms ( ritzy eh!)
Today we are staying in a pilgrim hostel (our first) it is verrry basic.
Thinking about this we agree - there are 4 rooms not one big dorm, hot shower, good kitchen, so signs forbidding clothes washing in basins and plenty of racks to dry clothes😉
We have sat in the local bar terrace (which seems to act as a town square)
doing our daily clerical work for the past few hours. We had planned to descend on the towns only cafe for a pizza but we have now been invited to cook pasta with the two French pilgrims. I'll keep you posted.
Still smiling
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