Walking Day 5 Carrion de los Condes to Terradillos de Templarios – 26 km – 16 miles

My feet are a calloused, blistered, bandaged mess. 
My ear still aches and my left foot is swollen. 
There’s a hink in my right hip.

And I’m fine. 

I knew to expect some discomfort on this journey, and well, here it is.  None of it is life-threatening, and none of it is a stopper.  A couple Aleve and I’m rolling.

This morning we set off before the sun was very high.  Walking west, my shadow in front of me was tall and thin.  So I kept walking – about 7 miles to the morning check point. Jorge hopped me to the next village, and I walked an hour more to the lunch stop, then on to our final stop for the day. 

Flat, flat, flat.  The villages are dusty and old. Very few trees, but lots of distant green rolling hills, wildflowers and birds. 

Simply a fine day on the Camino.