Wednesday, June 3, 2009

It gets tougher!

If yesterday was tough, today seemed just as long and weary! The sun is hot by 10am and the wheat fields and poppies are still lovely, but don´t compensate anymore for tired feet. Blisters are popping out on Ricks feet and Mads but they keep walking! It´s fun to catch up with various groups of pilgrims at different stops as we go through the days walking - then we all seem to gather in the Municapl Hostal by 1 or 2pm. Today we have made Estella which is a pretty town. Rick and I went to the supermarket although walking there after doing 22 k is a bit of an effort. Everywhere pilgrims are hobbling...Supermarket shopping is the same everywhere but Ricks effort at buying cheap wine (under 1 Euro) proved to be undrinkable. Hopefully we will have better luck with the next one. We are still waiting for our feet and legs to harden up but the process seems to be taking some time. Margaret tell us how many days it took you to stop aching and feeling like you were walking on lumps of wood for half the day.
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  1. Kiwi NomadJune 3, 2009 at 7:15 AM

    It was easier to take some shorter days at the beginning of the Le Puy route... I started off with a few days around 15km before I stepped it up to the 20s. Then I had a rest day when wet feet gave me blisters to let them recover. But I think after about ten days the nerves on your feet finally get the message to 'die' for a while cos you are going to keep pounding them!!
    Estella is the place with the Red Cross volunteers..... and they will tend to blisters.....but by the time you read this you are probably in the next place!!!

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  2. Kiwi NomadJune 3, 2009 at 8:07 AM

    Oh by the way...Estella was where I found the Post Office and posted my wind jacket home.... which turned out to be somewhat unwise. Maybe you are going to get a lot warmer walking conditions than I did... or maybe not..... I will continue reading with great interest!!!

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  3. MarkJune 3, 2009 at 12:48 PM

    There has been a buzz around the office of returning to your email to get the address to read of the adventure.Isn't interesting that in all matters, figuratively and in reality, that where the body touches the real earth we at first find blisters and then we find the basis for walking on and for being connected to earth. Kia kaha runga o te hikoi tapu, Mark

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