Injury Count:
Sarah - tight calves, tight hamstrings, aching thighs, swollen hand from a bite, sore achillies and a tender posterior
Mike - slightly achy legs
I know this may seem like a minor miracle to many, however my bad knee, shoulder, ankles etc have been largely fine, which to be fair is incredible. I packed enough pain killers for me falling apart while Sarah giggled at me, however it turns out she is the one having a tough time of it.
Of course we did this as a challenge together and we will finish it together. The mobile massage parlour was out in force once more today ensuring we reached the destination of Leon where we will take a day off to eat and sleep, as well as treat ourselves to washing our clothes.
The day was another grind across the flat lands of central spain, meaning more wheat fields and more head wind, although today this had dropped considerably.
We managed a good pace all morning, and the Pilgrim Peleton even managed to gain a pace setter in the form of Marco, a crazy italian doing 140km a day with full gear! Nutter! Sarah did nearly come a cropper when we tried a rolling photo and we were not paying attention. The near miss only contributed another good bruise on the battered legs.
Lunch came and went, and we only had 18km to Leon. We polished these off on a rather risky A road, and found a great hotel to rest up in. While the hostals have been great on this trip, it is nice to have our own room so we can relax and only suffer each others snoring.
Leon is an old roman city so we will have an explore tomorrow. It is now time to wash the toxic clothing, dip sarah in a vat of arnica, eat and sleep.
Oh and btw we are over half way now will approx 300km left to go :-) however what we have done so far is only the warm up for the mountains of Galacia on the road to Santiago.
James quote of the day
"But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind"
After a few weak moments from sarah over the last 12 hours we can at least say that perserverance and not doubt won the day.
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