Monday May 21 Hornillas to Castrojeriz

The theme song for today is the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun".  For the first time in 6 days, we wake to sunny skies.  It is cool, but clear.  The first 3 miles go very quickly, with the biggest challenge being to avoid the numerous puddles in the pathway.  And then it happens.....the pathway turns into a total mud pit for the next 3 miles.  One painful step at a time, with boots becoming heavier and heavier by the minute.  Linda falls again, fortunately this time only on mud and not rocks!  Fortunately she was ok, although a bit dirty.  Whereas the first 3 miles probably took an hour, the next 3 miles took 2 hours.

We then stopped for a short coffee break in the small town of Hornatas along the way.  From Hornatas, we finished the last 6 miles in excellent time, arriving in Castrojjeriz around 1:30.  After we got to the room, we washed our clothes (once again using the bidet as a laundry tub), as we were very dirty.

So, all in all a pretty straight forward day.  I do want to recognize the two French women along the way who responded to my "buenos Dias" with a buenos Dias of their own!  For those of you keeping score, here's the day and walk to date stats:
French people response to buenos Dias:
                                                      Bonjour                       Buenos  Dias

5/21                                                      9                                     2
Walk to date                                     145                                    3

So, you can see that yesterday was a statistical anomaly.  Lets see what tomorrow brings!

We have a 17 mile hike to Hornista on Tuesday.