Things I have learned in the last 9 days

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- Even if a toe LOOKS dead, it probably isn´t and it would hurt more to cut it off
- The difference between wheat and barley
- It is possible to sleep quite comfortably on a garage floor (when you liberate some garden furniture cushions from the flashy terrace upstairs)
- Snoring echos MUCH louder in a church
- You shouldn´t just randomly pick a country to come from because the next person you meet will ACTUALLY be from there (Finland, Iceland, Lichtenstein)
- How to speak with a much better french accent (in English of course)
- Its OK to walk 40+ kilometers if you get to stay in a 3* hotel at the end
- To believe the hippy Dutch woman when she tells me I´ve lost weight, cos she´s seen me naked in the shower almost every day for the last week, so she would know.
- 2-3 Ibuprofen a day is not doping (and the only performance it enhances is my ´not-complaining´performance). Also, it also not a drug habit that requires monitoring
- Glaswegians who walk in kilts DON´T go commando (unless they tell you they are, and then they walk much more slowly)
- The scenery is gorgeous and nothing happens by accident.

I´m in Burgos, about 1/3 in to the Camino, and I´ve walked just over 270km. Less than 500km to Santiago de Compostela and 590 to Finsterra.

Feeling good!

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Comments

[Jules]

the dead toe?
I'm guessing that first lesson about the 'toe' had nothing to do with your own toe? Also (just in the spirit of sharing our day's adventures) today i've gotten out of bed, grabbed a coffee and now am at my desk at work (i know i should really tone down the action!) - will give you another update soon! xx Keep being inspiring! xx

[Mark]

Doping
You should try the hard stuff - Panadol ;-) London Marathon seems like a walk in the park compared to this... hope you enjoy. Toes only look dead to get sympathy (or if they get frostbite - ha ha).