Arrived: Población de Campos 4:00pm
Total hours: 8
Total kms: 36
Accumulated kms: 1098.3
Weather: Foggy all morning, sunny and beautiful all afternoon
The fog was stunning this morning as we left Hontanas. It was so thick that I couldn't see more than ten or twenty metres in front of me at times. Walking through the fields in this shroud was quite an experience, and the fog didn't lift until almost midday.
At one point I caught up to Filipe and another pilgrim, stranded at a fork in the road with no signs. Filipe had already been down each path for about 200m and not seen any markings on either of them. None of us had very detailed maps, and finally I suggested taking the path that had more footprints than just Filipe's in the mud. Fortunately this turned out, after about five minutes or so of walking, to be the right path.
Tonight Filipe and I are staying in a town called Población de Campos, and right now we're the only ones here. Just as we got in, something terrible happened somewhere, and the entire town now has no water, so we are without showers. Aside from that - and the fact there are no heaters and it's starting to get really cold - it's a really nice place, especially as it only cost us 3 euros each. We're going to head off to the supermarket soon to get some water to cook with and some more food then for me it will be into my super warm sleeping bag to get comfortable.
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