Today´s walk ended with a swimming pool. A glorious, blue, shimmering, cool pool, and the relief was deep. Because I´d say today´s walk was the most difficult yet. And quite unexpectedly so. It was only a 21 km jaunt, but for some combination of reasons inner and outer, it felt like 40. Europe´s in a heat wave so that doesn´t help. I got drunk last night watching the Spain match, so that didn´t help. I got lost in the morning, taking a wrong turn and walking 1.5km out of my way for a total of 3 lost kms. Bad bad start. Heat building steadily, bag getting heavier, shoulders aching, road stretching like a long sweaty yawn across the repetitive terrain of wheat fields. Out of the wine region now, so just wheat, wheat, more wheat. I
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