A new experience, dense fog! After a promising start, a fog envelops the ‘way’ and provides for a completely different view of the day.
Day 23 elevation profile
Wandering into the unknown.
One of the beauties we have discovered on the Camino is that every day is different – no matter how similar the landscapes might be – there is a different feeling and outlook at every moment. Walking along, we take a different path to most, a path that takes us away from the main road. It is an eerie feeling as we see pilgrims who pass us disappear into the calm, misty countryside.
Pilgrims in the mist (apologies to Dian Fossey)
When the sun finally breaks through the fog, the day is beautiful. We stroll through healthy crops again and a forest area and soon reach our destination at El Burgo Ranero. We wait patiently outside our hotel for our friends from California, Cathy and David, to arrive. Cathy is struggling with a knee injury and we hope she will be able to join us. (little did me know they arrived via a different road).
Whilst we do, we are joined by many other pilgrims who we have met and soon there are 12 of us sitting around a table in the middle of the street sharing our stories of today and of the past few days since we last met.
12 people, 6 nations.
This is one of the great times during my Camino, the sharing at the end of the day. We know that everyone has travelled the same path, but we all experience different things along the way. The sharing is important and rewarding. It is a time for reflection. It is a time for which I feel thankful.