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My first Camino: reflecting on my journey so far.
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[QUOTE="LuisaR, post: 1062804, member: 103223"] [B]Day 24: Calzadilla de la Cueza to Sahagún, 22.4km[/B] Another great nights sleep (my own room!) and off to Sahagún - I liked the name of the town so I was interested to see what it was like! I was also excited as I’d be passing the half-way point and would be able to collect a certificate! I can’t recall much of this walk but my memory is always jogged by food and drink stops! I remember a great bar stop and sitting with a couple of French ladies who I had met before and liked very much. As they were leaving, my German bunk friend from Carrion arrived so I stayed and chatted to her for a while. Eventually I arrived at the half-way point and popped into the church where a lovely lady explained the churches of Sahagún on a map, and was very warm and friendly. On leaving, I passed through the halfway pillars and felt a sense of accomplishment, but that was soon thwarted by realising I had left my walking sticks outside the church and having to walk back to get them. On arrival in Sahagún, I went to the tourist office to collect my certificate - I only wanted it in case I didn’t make it to Santiago so had something to show for my Camino! I saw my Brazilian and Spanish friends sitting outside a cafe so stopped to chat to them, and unbeknown to me, that would be the last time I saw them. I found a really cheap and good Italian restaurant in town so had some pasta and wine, and then checked into a hotel. I really needed to stop staying in hotels as I didn’t want to come home to a huge amount of credit card debt…although hotel rooms are relatively cheap on the Camino, I certainly couldn’t afford to do it every night. Passing the halfway point was a time for reflection. My body was doing fantastically well. One thing that I noticed on the Camino is that aches and pains always pass. My leg muscles were always tight in the morning but that soon disappeared, I had suffered from hip pain for a couple of days (I wasn’t sure if the cause was my rucksack or walking), I had backache for a couple of days which I think was a pulled muscle. Sometimes when I was walking I’d get a short sharp pain somewhere, usually on my achilles or knee and there would be a moment of panic but then within a minute it would just disappear. After a while, I learnt to not even take any notice of any aches and pains as I knew they’d be gone soon enough. I went back to the Italian for dinner - my made up excuse is that I’m half-Italian and needed to fuel up! I was taking the alternative Roman road route the following day and started to feel anxious about not taking the popular route, but I managed to bury my nerves somewhere and slept soundly. [/QUOTE]
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