Mixed emotions, we are today half way (or annoyingly 3 km short as the only town in this rural area is 403 km from Santiago). We have definitely walked further as the milage always appears to be longer than advertsied so we have learnt to add on 2 km to any Camino sign to avoid disappointment. The landscape has changed and is reminding us of home. The weather is now thankfullly cooler, although still shorts and t shirts with brilliant sunshine after a cloudy start. Over the next three days we are upping the distances a bit, walking 30km and 40km and then a cheeky 24 to get to Leon to give us two nights there, and a full rest day. We are feeling really fit but with the odd niggle and could do with resting the feet from pounding the gravel and concrete paths. The Spanish have a penchant for concreting rural paths which is why my feet are throbbing all night.
We do keep thinking we are sometimes in a post apocalyptic world as we have for days now been walking across miles of farmland and empty villages with crumbling down houses which either are, or appear to be empty. We just don't see anyone apart from the odd pilgrim and cafe owner. Where did everyone go?
Greg's update - dodgy big right toe today. A couple of years ago my GP diagnosed a touch of arthritis (not gout, before anyone starts referencing my love of beer). Seems about 400km of pounding has aggravated it. Once over the initial pain and in a rhythm, I can just about keep up with Em! It's when I stop and take my boots off I start to cry... Fingers crossed for the next few days.
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