Cold and very windy morning. I started out with rain coat on due to the forecast. Had my fleece on underneath but it wasn’t enough to keep me warm. After a mile or so Sally shed her light puffy and I put it on under my raincoat. Finally, warm.
The way paralleled the highway only 10 feet away, but about 4 or 5 feet lower. This helped minimize the wind as it roared over the top.
Our first town was Ledigos at about 4.5 miles. Here we found a cafe and Pierre from Montreal. He sat with us inside and entertained us with his stories and infectious laugh. We stayed long enough for Sally to down a soda and use the restroom, and we were off to the next town a few miles further up the way. We didn’t stop here even though it was 11:30am by now. The next town was two miles away. We vowed to have lunch there. Tom and Nicki caught up with us and we had lunch together, our “last supper”. They were going to take a rest day in Sahagún. We would now get a day ahead of them.
This is how it goes on the Camino. We really enjoyed Melissa’s company, but she was now two days ahead of us and now Tom would be a day behind. Time to meet new people.
After lunch Tom and I walked together and Nicki and Sally followed behind. Tom and I discussed Jeff house framing and how to handle contract disputes and mistakes made on the building. Tom’s position as a professional court witness for building disputes makes him the perfect guy to talk to, plus, he just plain a great guy.
We stopped at the official halfway to Santiago site just before entering Sahagún to take pictures and congratulate each other on a job half done. Then it was I to town and an outside cafe for sodas and beer. A final farewell and Sally and I searched out our apartment. Becky was already there and heard us yammering as we walked down the street. She looked down from the first floor balcony and waved us up. (Remember, in Spain the first floor is what we call the second floor)
Sally and I rested in our room for a while, then went to get our half done certificate at the Perigrino Museum and to buy some food at the local grocery. We emailed Soma to see if she wanted to have dinner with us. See said yes.
The main town square was just 50 yards away. We tried to eat at on open cafe but were told “no cochina!” We walked a little farther and found a place to eat, but they didn’t serve food until 7:00pm. It was 6:35pm. We sat on the restaurant watching the locals gab and drink. At about 7:10 the proprietor took our orders and we were eating 20 minutes later. I had Paella, Sally fettuccine. Becky had ? (Can’t remember).
It was after 8:00pm by the time we left and headed back to our apartment. Another day we’ll spent.
The away is a dirt road lined with Scotch Broom. It did a good job of blocking the wind.
Bundled up in Spain in late May. 51° and a 20mph wind
Sunflowers getting a start on life
Me, Tom, Lori, Nicki and Sally at our final supper
The bridge just before the halfway marker
Sally and I celebrate being halfway there
All of us mark the halfway monument. Lori, Sue, Sally, me, Tom and Nicki
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