A long day I left the hostel at Villafranca de los Barros this morning at around 6:30 am. The provided a cup of coffee, a glass of orange juice, and the usual toast and jam. My friend Paul was going to travel ahead to Merida by bus, in order to give his bad knees a break. We planned on meeting there in 2 days. The walk started off great going through the spooky dark early morning town, and locating the arrows heading out of town. I was leaving at the same time as a man named Henry who was a pastor from Switzerland. We walked through a vineyard that was so huge, that it took us about 3 hours to cross it. The rest of the way we were either in a vineyard or an olive orchard. The track was good for walking, so I made, my target of Torremejía a distance of 27 kilometres by 1:00. I found a cafe/bar and had a salada mixta for lunch, and had him refill my water bottle. This town did not look very inviting, and the hostel was not much too look at. Being early, I decided that I could probably do the next 15 kilometres to Merida. I started to wonder if Paul would possibly partake in the consumption of cervezas to excess, and thereby become an embarrassment to Aussies everywhere. So for the sake of the commonwealth I decided to go for it. The trail to Merida was very stoney, and it took longer than I thought. I river in Merida at 5:30, completing a Camino record for me of 42 kilometres. Have a look at today's pics. More about Merida tomorrow. Terry
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Philip Phelan
9/24/2016 18:49:44
Sounds like you are in good shape with that record km day. I have to wonder about the locals...no paint for the stop sign and that udderly silly statue! Take care Terry.
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