Throwing the gible out the window

so yesterday kimberley was told she should rest. of course that is not an option so we have decided to take the gible we have been following and alter it to suite us without adding any days or busses.

what we are doing is taking the grey route where possible, which turns out is in part the actual way of st. james, and shorting one day and adding to another to even out the km's. it will mean we are not staying in the exact towns it mentions but hey what can you do.

today we are in Villadangos del Paramo which is off the grey route. we decided to take the grey route when we noticed it would shorten tomorrow by 5km. so instead of 30 we are going to be doing 25 or 27 can't recall.

It was an overall good day.. the route wasn't much to look at but it isn't always about the scenery here. It is more about the destination. Heather if you are reading this then try to stay in the municipal albergue in the gible in Mansilla de las Mulas and tell Laura the Canadians say hi...actually tell her Barbara 2 says HI and her friend as well :0) if she doesn't remember us like that tell her we are the ones she told to throw away our boots and put a maxi pad in our shoe instead of the orthotic. long story but will reveal later.

Tomorrow we are off to Astorga the last big town before the crazy climb. It has been a pretty amazing journey so far and I feel as though I really have changed in more ways than one.

We are contimplating not walking to Finistere now as it will shorten our time in Italy and we don't really want that to happen so we are keeping our options open. We may end up taking a bus from Santiago to the coast line and then walking just the coastal section another Canadian suggested it. This way I can also see Barcelona and spend a good amount of time there.

Anyway more soon from Kimberley I am off to do the shopping!

2 days until we part with our stones :0) yeah our bags will be lighter hee hee