Day 20 Carrion de los Condas to Terradillos de los Temparios (April 7)

There were 4 beds in the room last night in Carrion. Some rooms had only 2. It seems the 2 bed rooms were given to the single women. We shared our room with a French couple who were our age and we went to sleep and woke up at the same time which was nice for a change. We have been blessed with another beautiful day. A bit chilly and cloudy, but the sun is shining. We walked the 10 miles to Calzadilla de la Cueza and had coffee and a delicious tortilla sandwich at the bar in the albergue Camino Real. This albergue looked like a nice place to stay. Walking between the fields today a tractor was plowing and he was being followed by 3 of those huge white birds which look like sheep from a distance when they land. The clouds are incredible, low hanging and seem more like a picture than real. The last 6 miles were not bad. One of the best pieces of advice I´ve read on the forum is to rest 10 minutes for every hour you walk. We got to the first Albergue just before town, but follow the arrows into the town until you (we) arrived at the Jacques Mornay albergue. Very family like atmosphere. Wonderful hot showers, single beds (not bunks), plenty of line to dry clothes. We have some familiar faces here, Andy the young German we met in Grañon, Duke the American traveling with a Canadian and Korean, and the young New Zealand couple.

The Meseta is kicking my butt. I thought it would be a piece of cake for my toes. Turns out my toes prefer up and down terrain to flat for walking. Though my knees prefer the flat surface.