Today is going to be a leisurely 20 kilometre walk. We decided that we need to leave the Albergue earlier to try to stay out of the heat as much as is possible. We walked most of the way with Karl from Germany and chatted along the way. At one stage we passed a plum farm and Karl asked the farmer if we could pick a few ripe plums to eat? The farmer was most agreeable and helped him out by giving us each a handful of plums he had already picked. We thanked the farmer and found ourselves a shady place for a 10 minute break to enjoy the very juicy plums before we continued on our way.
Eventually we lost Karl as my pack was starting to feel like hell and I was getting slower and slower. I have decided today that my pack is way too heavy for this Camino and I need to get rid of as many things as I can. We had another rest before we turned onto the road for a 4 kilometre hike to the Albergue. After a while we spotted a bar and being as thirsty as we were we downed 2 large beers each and had some lunch. I had a mixed salad and Gary had a potato omelet. After finishing lunch we continued on our way to the Albergue.
Today's albergue is a dirty and run down one but the showers had hot water and at the end of the day it did not really matter. We had a little Nannie nap before setting off to a bar for a pilgrim's meal. The pilgrim's meal was still as revolting as ever, so I am not doing this anymore. We had dinner with the 2 Karls and Uschi. Inger-Marie was too sore to join us and decided together with Uschi to catch the bus tomorrow to the next village. Tomorrow is going to be a long walk (29 kilometres) and Uschi decided she was not physically capable to walk that distance. after the meal we returned to the Albergue for a hot shower and when everyone was ready we all went to the local supermarket to buy food for the next day. On our return to the Albergue we all went to bed early as tomorrow we needed to get up as early as possible for that 29 kilometres hike to Almaden de la Plata.
In the morning I went through my pack and disposed of as many things as possible. Here I said goodbye to my sandals that were hurting my feet just too much after a long walk, a book, given to me by Dora and some toiletries that I now felt weren't as important as they had seemed before starting the this Camino. Now my pack is quite a bit lighter and much easier to carry on the long distances that we will be covering on the Camino de Santiago via de la Plata.
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