Depart Rabanal del Camino at 8:30. Arrive Ponferrada 6:50 pm. 20.3 miles.
Bad news to start the day. Not 10, but twice that. A massive miscalculation on my part. The 10 mile mark was our lunch stop.
We are bone tired. The uphill was bad, the downhill was lengthy, treacherous and painful. This is the first time I’ve been concerned about my left knee. I’ve taken some ibuprofen. And, I see vodka in my dinner plans.
Here’s what we saw and we hoped it would change
Such a weird noise. We think it was frogs.
The way up was actually quite lovely. Then it was downhill, and we were very often walking sideways because it was steep and difficult to maintain our balance.
We were lucky to have decent weather. The ferns were a nice change too.
We kept hoping the end was in sight, but the day just kept getting worse. Even as we approached the town, we got rain. It wasn’t a downpour but just enough to dampen our already low spirits.
The hotel is modern and has a restaurant. We couldn’t muster enough energy to go out so had a quiet dinner at the hotel. And what bar doesn’t have vodka?? This one. Rum and coke it is.
We are now in single digits for the end…9 days of walking left!
Not a lot of pics today. Caleb had my phone so he could listen to music.
Just putting one foot in front of the other to get through the day. Tomorrow will be better.
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