Greetings from Hospital de Orbigo. And for those of you who are paniced that I am writing this entry from a hospital, relax It's just the name if the town I walked to today. By most accounts, it was a 36km hike from Leon to here today. I am saying "by most accounts" because it depends on which book you look in as to the distance. Of course I am going with the highest one. It would make it the longest walking day so far.
The actual walk today wasn't all that exciting as far as anything goes. There was a nicer route to take but it was 7kms longer so I ddecided to take the shorter (did I mention 36km?) route. The down side of it was that it was mostly on a path beside a very busy highway. I don't think I have ever seen such a busy 2 lane highway ever. Picture highway 7, between Carelton Place, during rush hour, in both directions, ALL DAY! I guess because I was so close to the road I didn't see any birds of prey today. The best I could see were a couple of small lizards scrambling into the underbrush as I walked by. In fact I haven't seem any mammals at all (except for cats and dogs). I thought I might have seen some deer or something especially since we are out walking well before the sun comes up. Maybe down the road...I still have 11 days to walk after all.
Today, for the most part, I walked ahead if the group of people I have been walking with over that past 20 days. The numbers seem to drop off more and more each day. Some people are only doing part of the Camino and have gone home already, some have limited time so have had to jump way ahead and others have taken rest days here and there. I heard today that a guy who stayed at the same B & B as I did, way back in St Jean Pied de Port has already reached Santiago de Compestela. I remember him saying at breakfast that morning that he had real limited time so he would be busing part of his Camino. As far as I know, there are only 2 others that are on this town tonight. The rest are 1 or 2 days behind me now. Perhaps we will regroup at some point.
BTW, the Stained glass in the Cathedral in Leon yesterday was stunning. Unfortunately and for no apparent reason, picture taking was not permitted. They even had 2 security guards walking the floor to control it. Any other church I have been into along the way has permitted pictures, you just couldn't use a flash.
I think that it's fir Noe. Not sure where I am going tomorrow... Still need to figure that one out.
You must be getting tired or your spelling has become very "espantoso". LOL Thanks for the text, don't want you to become home sick so the weather sucks, you are missing nothing, and even the tv is BORING!!! luv ya
ReplyDeleteSorry for the spelling. Internet is not readily available and I am trying to post regularly which means doing it from my iPhone which I hope you can imagine how small the screen is. As well, the spell checker on the blog doesn't work on the phone. Hopefully you get the drift of what I am trying to say!
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