What a day!

We left the convent.......yes, we slept in a convent.....at 8 and ambled to the bar that served breakfast before 9. Toast, coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice. What a treat. Within 15 minutes we had reached the canal and had a lovely walk. 

The canal (above) and the path beside it (below). 

After 12km, we were looking forward to the “friendly bar”. I had visions of café con leche, tortilla, etc. It wasn’t open!!!! So we sat in the sun and had a mandarina and some chocolate. And then another 9km along a little used asphalt road. Sounds awful, I know, but I would take that over the sand any day. We didn’t have to look at our feet and we amused ourselves for the next two hours by counting cars. 

Two trucks and two cars going in our direction and one car coming towards us. 

We’re now in a bar/restaurant, resting our feet and legs (boots off) and having something to eat. 

It’s 14C and will continue to climb to 16C over the next hour or so. We have our backs to the sun and since I lost my visor in Segovia, I’ve had to fashion my buff to cover my head. My hair comes out looking like a cross between a mohawk and something dreadful ;-)