Day 14 Carrion de Los Condes to Ledigos

I went to the concert last night at the church it was laid on for pilgrims,it was a classical guitarist playing music from the 16th century he played beautifully and the acoustics were wonderful.

Turned round during the concert and to my delight the A team were behind me and after the concert I joined them for dinner.They invited me to walk with them and we agreed to set off at 0700 the  next morning as we had a long walk ahead of us,then it was off to bed .

Did not sleep well sadly, got up at 0600 ,caught a glimpse of myself again in the mirror or was I admiring myself, I am shedding pounds on a daily basis.

I have to thoroughly check the room before I leave because everything I have in my rucksack is essential,my most prized possession is my charger,if I loose that my iPod iPad camera and phone become useless to me.

We met as arranged at the pilgrims statue at 0700.

It was raining and a beautiful rainbow arced across the sky.

We had a quick cup of tea then set off.

We knew today was going to be a tough walk as it was over the plains with little to see of note just fields most of the way.

We set a blistering pace of 3.3 mph and soon arrived at Calzadilla del Paremo de Carrion,which was the first town we had seen for 10 miles.

It was time for food and a much needed drink.

The A team every day at 10 conduct a small religious service comprising of a hymn some reading of the psalms and prayers ,I asked them if I could join them,I was very moved especially when they said a prayer for Jeremy,thank you for that Peter your words were perfect and Jeremy would have been very touched.I was amazed to see passing pilgrims getting involved with the service. I will say it again these boys are America's finest.We were soon on the move again and I spent the afternoon talking with Mark of blister fame from a previous blog.

Mid afternoon we arrived at my hotel and had a beer,sadly it is here we part company and I will not have the pleasure of walking with them or seeing them again on The Camino as they have gone ahead I have got a short walk tomorrow and they are pushing on, plus I have 2 nights in Leon and they are not stopping.We had a quick beer before they went.Garrott asked me to send his love to his folks and hope they had a safe return home from The Smokey Mountains

So it was one last Buen Camino and they were gone and I was back on my own,there is no doubt walking with kindred spirit makes the task easier and the time flew by today.I checked in and had a walk around this tiny village in the middle of nowhere.

I came across these wine cellars carved into the side of a hill.

Time for dog on a blog.Tomorrow you are in for a real little star .

Had a very nice meal  in my hotel and I thought you would like to see the views from where I am staying

This really is a beautiful country and I am beginning to understand ,if you want to truly get to know a place walk it.

Today we definitely went through the halfway stage of the walk,so it is downhill for me from now on,I cannot believe that I have been walking for 14 days, I still have got 16 stages to go with some serious climbing to do,I am beginning to think I can do it.

I must apologise if you see any spelling mistakes ,I have not got my proof reader Jeremy with me and by the time I get round to doing the blog I am normally exhausted plus the fact I am virtually illiterate .

I am sad to be on my own again but it will not stop me,I am so looking forward to having a day off in 3 days,if   anyone has not seen the film The Way I highly recommend you see it as it is a great movie about The Camino starring Martin Sheen.

Stats for today

Walked 18.9 miles

Walking time 5.57

Average speed  3.2 mph.