Hump Day

Well, if anyone is wondering what happened to me, wonder no more. The reason for limited blogs has been intermittent internet availability and the difficulties of blogging via wi-fi from a smart phone with a very small keyboard. Add in sheer exhaustion at the end of a long, hot day of walking, then you probably get the picture. So what have I been up to since then? Well, I´ve managed to catch up with some fellow Australians from WA that I met on day one (the mad Aussies) and lose my friends from the UK. I´ve also managed to make it past the half way mark and I´m still upright and walking (slowly, but I´m walking). Since the last blog, written from San Juan de Ortega, I´ve visited Burgos, taking two days rest there and walked the meseta (central plateau). I´ve been to Leon and and now fast approaching the Galician mountains which will rival the Pyrenees for steepness and effort. Each day brings interesting people, conversations, vistas and challenges. However, despite pain, fatigue, bad food and lack of sleep I would say overall it is an enjoyable and definitely worthwhile experience so far. What I will learn and take home from this experience is yet to be confirmed. Not smothering snorers is an ongoing skill I am developing! One of my fellow pilgrims wants to stick sharp things in snorers´ (and other rude peoples´) eyes! So I´m in good company. Really, we aren´t homicidal at all.