It is like a hare and tortoise race. I know. It is not a race. We keep running into Yoss and Nanette from the Netherlands. We first met Yoss on the way up the Pyrenees on our first day of the Camino and we had dinner sitting beside each other at Orisson. We parted way and he was going to spend two days in Pamplona so we did not expect to see him again. Then surprisingly we met up with them again in Burgos just outside the albergue. So obviously he made up a day on us between Pamplona and Burgos. He was staying in Burgos for an extra day so we did not expect to see them again. But today on the way from Carrion de los Condes to Terradillo de Templarios, we saw them again. Once again, they made up a day on us since Burgos. And we happened to have chosen the same albergue. They walk fast and stop in big cities and we walk steady. We might see them one more time in Leon when we arrive and them spending their second day there.
Today was a tough day mentally. Yes, the distance is long with 26 km but really it is because of nothingness for the first 17 km. It is exactly walking on the same road for hours. Finally we reached Ledigos, the town about 3 km before our destination. We passed that and then another unchanging sandy path along the highway all the way through. Just seemed to go on forever particularly when the pace slowed in the 25th and 26th km. I remember I had the exact feeling last time by.
The albergue is in the middle of nowhere so not much choice for anything. Food is reasonable so that is good.
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