Saturday, 18th of May 2013 - day 88
Surprise, surprise ....... its cold, wet and windy ..... lingering over a hot chocolate we eventually wander out into the cool of the morning, there is a temperature gauge outside the Farmacia .... it says it 4C at the moment, we believe it as within minutes of being outside we feel childed to the bone. Well nothing for it but set a cracking pace and warm up. We know its not going to rise above 13C today and that will be late afternoon. Its dry at the moment and the road is in good nick, no mud, brilliant.
Under an hours walking we enter Morille, think about a coffee but nothing seems open, the odd barking dog here and there, but that is it. We keep on trekking, the country is dead flat now and we are making good time, not a tree in sight, its some what misty and we can only see about 100m ahead at the best. The wind has dropped and is now just a cold draught about the legs.and face, I have my thermal gloves on and a beany pulled down over my ears as they were cold.
We walk all the way into the river at Salamanca through parks and green belt, then its up onto the main raid to cross Rio Tormes and enter old Salamanca, we pass the old fortifications for the city and find a bar to warm up in. Its a bit after 1pm and we have travelled some 24km this morning to get here.
Lunch is a thick lamb and vegetable soup with a big loaf of crusty bread ...... a meal all on its own. We fill up and warm up, hydronic heating and the heater is beside us .... fantastic.
We consume a couple of bottles between us of what tasted to me like a Merlot.
Then off to find our digs for the next 2 nights, a bit more up market 2 bedroom apartment on the edge of the old part, a bit dearer but very comfortable and warm, we can cook if we want .... no meals out are very affordable and hearty.
Here we are in a major town on Saturday night again, well organised. We hunt out some where nice for diner with a guy playing guitar in a corner, later he is joined by some one with a violin and then numerous people get up and play and sing. Like back home "play for your pots" well here its wine or brandy it seems. Well a very good night and we have just gotten home and its about 1.30am and heading to 2am. We are all still wide awake, so get down to answering emails etc.