This was a bit of a frustrating day for me. I seemed to be the only peregrino about. Checked out of the room at 11 after a dandy oul breakfast which included brown bread and butter. Theres wayyy too much white bread in this place.
I took a walk around town to find a razor to shave this prickly stubble that seemed to appear overnight. Pharmacists don’t seem to sell razors so I went to the trusty oul supermercado and got one blade that will last me the rest of the Camino.
The locals were all sitting outside having coffee, smoking cigars and drinking wine quietly amongst themselves, when I seen a pint of Ambor lager. It seemed to have a halo around it. I went into the cafe and ordered a pint and just sat there in the light shade looking at a statue of General Espartue on his wee horse supping my pint.
Look at you sitting there with a big smile on your face!!🤪.
1pm Still no peregrino’s, some on the way others sleeping and missing out on such a lovely city. I texted a few to see if they were about but no answer. Come on!! Live a little!
Getting restless I decided I would hunt for an ‘Irish Bar’ in the slightest hope that a pint of the ol black rocket fuel may linger amongst the terraces of bocadillos (sandwiches) and croissants.
My old friend/enemy Google informs me that the nearest Irish pub is one called St. Patricks. Just 5mins walk away. Off I shuffled to investigate.
Lo and behold, I seen a big sign with ‘Guinness’ on it. Straight in like a mouse to a cheese factory! Like most ‘Irish’ pubs it was dark and drab-looking with a barmaid who spoke spanglish. I walked straight up and asked for a pint of the black stuff. When served, I said to her in my broad Northern Ireland accent, “I’ve been searching for this for a long time”. She just looked at me like I was some kind of weirdo. Ah well! She wouldn’t be too far wrong to be honest. 🤣
5pm Theres some hope yet with some peregrinos arriving in town and looking to meet up later for dinner. We’ll see how it goes, but I’ll not be having too many bevvies tonight with the guts of 30km to walk tomorrow to Nájera. 😳
I just feel like I wasted a full day waiting on others. I could have walked today no problem and be a stage further. Lesson learned. Terminator mode will now commence from tomorrow on. This machine that is me is fired up and ready for action! 💪🏻
Catch ya all tomo folks!
El Camino de Santiago 