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It's always a Good Time!
This morning I had to wait on my 3 mates to leave and for the first time I sat and watched as people scurried and raced out the door - maybe a vision of myself on previous days!
How often do we rush to do things in life and forget to notice the beauty of the moment?
I begin to wonder specially on the Camino - what's the rush and all this isn't so important, does it really matter if I make it? I think not the most important thing is I am here right now and I should be enjoying it - not stressing myself and trying to race this thing! See I know all this but something within me still drives me to bypass this intellectual knowledge and cause myself unnecessary discomfort!
Maybe the Camino will create a shift in my awareness? I hope so but for the moment just like my friend Johnny Walker - "I shall keep walking"
We start later today as it is expected to rain and blow hard today!
Mike one of our fellow walkers has decided to stay put in Santo Domingo as his feet are in incredible pain!
We head off at 7:15am into a horrible headwind that is not only verging on Gail force but freezing to go along with it! This will stick with us for the majority of the walk making the whole day a bit of a drag to be honest!
Because we left later today I had loads of time in the morning so I did some exercises for my knee and it actually
seemed to help quite a bit!
Leaving later also meant a lot of people walking ahead of us!
We decided to stick to the guide book and just do the small stage of 24km - taking us 5 hours! I once again felt like I could walk more but my knee started to ache and Collins ankle had swelled up!
The Albergue we wanted to stay was closed to 1pm so we made our way to another that is not only very cheap but very small - some piece from all the snoring maybe!
So 8 days in I hazard to say maybe my body is adapting slightly to this craziness, however today we were confronted with new challenges of freezing cold winds and boring straights!
Life on the Camino is strange; you wake early, unintentionally rush yourself to the next destination hoping to get some form of comfort or relief from your aching body, rush for the showers, quickly hand wash and hang out your clothes in hope that the sun will dry them out in time and then what to do?
Shops maybe to plan for dinner and breakfast, wifi searching or my favorite music and a blog entry!
I feel I am changing in some small way but it's still early days :)
The freezing weather has continued and I have managed to get chilled to the bone! I have spent most of afternoon rugged up trying to get body heat back up but struggling! Like an old person my muscles and bones are aching :(
I feel like I am back in the Atlas Mountains at Toubkal Refuge at 2500meters struggling to get circulation little alone body heat!
Tonight's dinner was uninspiring to say the least! The Albergue where I am staying is charging a 10 for dinner and has no self-catering facilities so I once again decided on heading to the supermarket!
On tonight's menu: a slab of chicken ham, 2 tomatoes and a huge 850g tin of peas - that's right ridiculous I know!
I managed 3/4 of the tin before making myself sick and figuring out I was never even hungry - I can't be wasting food specially as a pilgrim!
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