San Nicolas etc...

Sorry, can´t remember the full name...some of them are so looong....not a good day for me today...after yesterdays 18 kms over extremely rough ground, I struggled to do 15 kms today.....had a burst of energy for the first 6 kms & then died a death....my legs were killing me & my feet felt like they had been bashed with a stick on the bottom....John doesn´t have any of these problems whivh makes it even more frustrating for me as I feel I am holding him back....even though he assures me that you always walk to the pace of the slowest person! John wants me to say that it must be because he´s from good stock !!!!! Won´t tell you what my reply to him was!!! Lovely walking weather today....cool & slightly overcast....unfortunately Bernie & Danielle wanted to go on further so they have left us....we hope to catch up with them before they fly from Santiago on 10 June.
We spend most of our evenings in the local Bar as that is usually the only place to go....they provide the food for the Pilgrims....a special menu that is served at 7.30 so we can go to bed....great fun if you like to sit in a very smoky place....they ALL smoke & we go to bed with that aroma in our clothes!!!
We´re still on the meseta though today was not so much ¨flat¨as lovely rolling hills covered in green (young wheat)....very easy to look at & appreciate.This morning we went through a very small village with what looked like a Hobbit village where Frodo Baggins etc lived underground....really cute.
We only look at your comments after we have posted our latest Blog so it is difficult to reply in the moment....but it is great to hear from Simon & Helen, Kerry & Paula, & Rene & Sylvia...we thought you had forgotten us!!!!
The albergue we stayed in last night was the first one after a slog of 18kms with NOWHERE else to stop...hence the locals have it tied up....they have the albergue, the bar, the taxi & there´s nothing else....it was the pits....the only highlight for me was the hospitalero did a load of washing fro Danielle & I in a washing machine (cost us 3 euro)...but after having John do the washing for a couple of days where his idea of washing is to slosh the clothes in a bit of water....(no soaping the armpits etc!!)....it was my idea of heaven....this morning the clothes actually smelled like they had been washed.....most people on this Camino have a lovely aroma about them!!!! (Eau de Camino)
Will be in Leon in a few days & hopefully will be able to post a few photos.....these computers we have been dealing with are quite old & slow & don´t seem to have the facility we need.
From John to Craig....please send me Ron Gardner´s email address....Gracias
Love to all