Well, I didn´t haew internet access for a couple of days, and then when I did the access time was so slow that somehow the blog entry that I´d spent 30 minutes writing didn´t get posted. So then, to update things:

Walked to Sahagun, leg very sore ... got train to Leon (saving about 50k / 2 days walking). Stayed 2 nights. Picked up package from home and sent my sleeping bag and some other items on to myself in Santiago. Bought new, lighter rucsac, which seems comfortable enough.

Walked the next day to SanMartin delCamino. Very hot day .. leg sore but responded well to an efternoon of ice application. The mountains are in sight .. which means the end - thankfully - of the meseta.

Walked today to Astorga, about 22k again, but stopped about 3k short to ice the lerg whilst having a slice of tortilla for lunch, plus two cokes and a fanta, on t of the 2 litres of water I´d drunk. It´s hot again today, in case you wondered!

Tomorrow should see us in the mountains again ... there did seem, on breakfast TV today (at 0600) a forecast of rain.

Right, I´m off to find a bar and some ice .. I have my own plastic bag to put it in.