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Let me help you get a good start with some older posts BP.
For the ways out of Barcelona see this forum thread:
For information on the start of the trail from Horta see my post at:
Buen Camino.
Thanks,If you want to meet up for a beverage or if you want some tips on places to eat before you set off let me know. I could also show you the start of the Camino if you’re wanting to take the route over the Collserolla hills behind Barcelona instead of the highway path. It’s not overly tricky but it wasn’t super obvious the first time I found it.
The one through the hills has decent marking and is definitely the nicer of the two in my opinion.Thanks,
The start is at Horta, right? From what I have seen (on Wikiloc) there are so many alternative paths to walk from Barcelona to Montserrat..! It has been confusing to me, and I haven't really sat down to sort it out yet. I would like to walk it in 2 days if possible so - as I asked Rick above - I am looking for a place to stay in between Barcelona and Montserrat. So the "highway path" is the official Camino (waymarked as such)?
The Amics are a pretty passionate group! Did you walk from Port de la Selva?We walked the Cami Catala last month. It seems to have been way marked by somebody with an elderly rich uncle who owns a yellow paint factory, i.e. lavishly. Buen Camino.
The one through the hills has decent marking and is definitely the nicer of the two in my opinion.
I haven’t walked Barcelona to Monserrat but as I was doing research last year it was hard to find decent accommodation closer to Monserrat. I did walk Rubí to the old town of Barcelona (essentially a backward stage) in one day and that was doable. Terrassa is a bit further out from Rubí and has accommodation options whilst also being closer to Monserrat for the next day. Depending on where you start (like starting the day in Horta rather than at Monestir Sant Pau de Camp) getting to Terrassa would be totally doable.
Hopefully Rick’s post has better into on where to stay.
We walked the Cami Catala last month. It seems to have been way marked by somebody with an elderly rich uncle who owns a yellow paint factory, i.e. lavishly. Buen Camino.
That will be when you walk along the road from the monastery, you come to a T-junction and go left then immediately right up a nondescript but steep and rocky footpath. When you come down the other side there is a fantastic restaurant cafe where you can reward yourself with coffee and pan con tomate. It’s the last place you’ll get anything until Castelloli.Thanks @Bad Pilgrim very happy indeed to hear this. I walked Camino Ignaciano in Novermber so some of my way was the same in the opposite direction. I took the train though between Barcelona and Manresa. So I did walk part of the stretch to/from Montserrat.
After Monserrat, the next day for you (the previous day for me) there was one quite challenging bit - well it required sliding down a bit on your bottom unless you were maybe 7 feet tall. You will be climbing at that point!
Obviously we may part company at Tàrrega......
Whichever way you go, I will follow closely.
Tim
Now you are making me sad that I missed that!That will be when you walk along the road from the monastery, you come to a T-junction and go left then immediately right up a nondescript but steep and rocky footpath. When you come down the other side there is a fantastic restaurant cafe where you can reward yourself with coffee and pan con tomate. It’s the last place you’ll get anything until Castelloli.
it required sliding down a bit on your bottom unless you were maybe 7 feet tall.
You’ll find the way no problem I’m sure! The weather is cooler than usual for this time of year so you may have timed it perfectly! We had rain yesterday but it looks like it’s clear sailing for the rest of the week.
Not drinking beer... I could be walking with a glass of wine though! I keep it classy!Couple of thoughts on Montserrat:
Go to vespers, whatever your religion or none.
Take your own beer. (To Montserrat, not vespers)
In Montserrat, I sort of anticipated by a few weeks my 70th birthday and booked into the 'proper' hotel, run - like everything onsite - by the Benedictines. I am a mere priest not a Benedictine. I don't have a vow of poverty - I just don't have any money.Couple of thoughts on Montserrat:
Go to vespers, whatever your religion or none.
Take your own beer. (To Montserrat, not vespers)
Mrs HtD and I stayed there for a couple of nights - on my own I’d be in the albergue.In Montserrat, I sort of anticipated by a few weeks my 70th birthday and booked into the 'proper' hotel, run - like everything onsite - by the Benedictines. I am a mere priest not a Benedictine. I don't have a vow of poverty - I just don't have any money.It was my penultimate night on the Camino and I thought a bit of luxury was in order. The room was lovely and looked out on to the plaza and the front of the monastery.
The food in the restaurant was ...... average I thought, quite honestly.
The wine list.....well I took a picture. Maybe I don't get out enough but it was the first time I have seen a glass of wine offered at €26.50 And yes there was cheaper wine. And yes there is some kind of albergue accommodation too. And yes Vespers made up for all of it.
So for Montserrat -Been there, Done that, Couldn't afford the T-shirt.
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If it gets north of 30° I’m going to be a very sad boy. As you get further inland it becomes a possibilityIt will be about 22 degrees C on Sunday, which sounds perfect for a long walk to, for example, Terrassa the first day! I have been training & walking where I live so I think I can pull off 30 kms (??) the first day. If it got hotter than 30 degrees, I would definitely take 3 shorter days to reach Montserrat
Dofi is a great wine but that’s crazy pricing! I’d have leant toward the bottle of Bollinger if I was going to splash out as at least that is less than double the store price!In Montserrat, I sort of anticipated by a few weeks my 70th birthday and booked into the 'proper' hotel, run - like everything onsite - by the Benedictines. I am a mere priest not a Benedictine. I don't have a vow of poverty - I just don't have any money.It was my penultimate night on the Camino and I thought a bit of luxury was in order. The room was lovely and looked out on to the plaza and the front of the monastery.
The food in the restaurant was ...... average I thought, quite honestly.
The wine list.....well I took a picture. Maybe I don't get out enough but it was the first time I have seen a glass of wine offered at €26.50 And yes there was cheaper wine. And yes there is some kind of albergue accommodation too. And yes Vespers made up for all of it.
So for Montserrat -Been there, Done that, Couldn't afford the T-shirt.
No, we only had time for the Monserrat to Puente la Riena part.The Amics are a pretty passionate group! Did you walk from Port de la Selva?
I arrived late evening into monseratte, from llanca route (Catalan). Crowds were packed into the area. And starting to get train back. The hostel was just after opening after been down up. It was swanky. All to myself for €5 and then I went to the 5*** restaurant and had chips and breadIn Montserrat, I sort of anticipated by a few weeks my 70th birthday and booked into the 'proper' hotel, run - like everything onsite - by the Benedictines. I am a mere priest not a Benedictine. I don't have a vow of poverty - I just don't have any money.It was my penultimate night on the Camino and I thought a bit of luxury was in order. The room was lovely and looked out on to the plaza and the front of the monastery.
The food in the restaurant was ...... average I thought, quite honestly.
The wine list.....well I took a picture. Maybe I don't get out enough but it was the first time I have seen a glass of wine offered at €26.50 And yes there was cheaper wine. And yes there is some kind of albergue accommodation too. And yes Vespers made up for all of it.
So for Montserrat -Been there, Done that, Couldn't afford the T-shirt.
Hi BP,Hi everyone and welcome back to my channel!
I take my first steps on the Camino Catalán on Sunday, from Barcelona, and I plan to go on to Puente la Reina. Then I have some unfinished business with the Olvidado (Bilbao to Aguilar de Campoo). From Aguilar de Campoo I am not sure if I should walk somewhere else or go home... Only time will tell, if I ever get that far. I am also looking at the Vadiniense and Camino del Alba.
I intend to walk from Barcelona to Montserrat the first 2-3 days, which is tricky since there is no detail on Gronze for that part. After Montserrat, Gronze has elaborate descriptions of the stages so I think it will be alright.
I still can't get full access to Wikiloc. Or maybe I have 14 concurrent subscriptions that got through without me knowing it. I will have to rely on the parts of Wikiloc that I can use, and on Google Maps.
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to San Cugat and then 10 miles to Terrassa (stage 2 but you have to go off the marked track).
I haven't been there but here's their website and Google Maps' info page:I think I have settled for Terrassa (end of) day 1! The place seems large enough to have everything I need: I am a City Pilgrim and prefer to stay in larger places/towns. So there is an albergue in Terrassa? Albergue de Peregrinos or Albergue for Anyone (groups of youngsters making noise all night??)
The route that I chose to take goes by the Laberint de Horta
The albergue at the Monastery de Montserrat was much nicer than I remembered albergues from previous Caminos.
If you stay in the albergue in Monserrat, you get a voucher that entitles you to a €12.50 half menú, wine extra. It’s the only place to eat and the meal was not bad.
Hi BP,
I tend to arrive and plan so go with the adventure. It will work out. First time did Cam Olvidado, second time attempting to walk from Balmaseda, but after a few mishaps, restarted back on train, hoping to get off along the way. Eventually didn't get off until Ayira (can't spell... Town with big lake) and went from there...
Last year, walked primitivo and got blablacar back from Santiago to Leon, and from there train up to the nice little apartment hostel (small town after Big mining town with 2 alternative routes... The name will come to me). Anyways walked backward on hill route to mining town with small backpack and hitched back to little hostel for second night... Loved the part AFTER Aguilar de Campoo.
I first walked the Olvidado in 2014, and we never had a problem getting accommodation way back then. I think the situation has improved since then. Adolfo in Nava de Ordunte was extremely helpful, and he now has an albergue in his garage, I believe. BP, for a hard-core remote camino walker like you, I am confident that you will be fine. We didn’t stay in many/any albergues, but I know that suits you just as well. There are a few youth hostels where we chose not to stay, but given your love affair with raucous teens, maybe you will test them out.People I met in Aguilar said accomodation was scarce between Bilbao and Aguilar. I
I have found Wikilocs for this route and most guides say the Camino starts there (??) so that is where I am heading!
There is a small supermarket near the albergue building. Not a great selection and high prices. Just checked and it is open until 6:45 weeknights and 7:45 weekend.So no Mercadona next to the Monastery..? Dang!Where is the world heading? Oh well, menú sounds nice!
visits to the basilica and the Virgin are now by ticket. I think that that may just be for the daytime tourists, but you may want to check in advance.
I have yet to plan for the things to see in Montserrat, so I am thankful for any info.
And if you like art and haven’t already done it the Picasso museum in El Born is very coolThere is a lovely little art museum hidden away at Montserrat. Here is a link to a picture done by Picasso when he was 15 years old (or so). From there you can look around the website to see if the museum itself will be worth your time visiting.
Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973)Altar boy1896Oil on canvas75 x 50,5 cm.R.N. 200.503Donation J. Sala Ardizwww.museudemontserrat.com
And if you like art and haven’t already done it the Picasso museum in El Born is very cool
I love museums and Picasso but I have never visited many of them (just the Prado, which has a few Picassos thrown in of course) so I will definitely try to check them out!a lovely little art museum hidden away at Montserrat.
I am sure it did not feel funny, but I cannot help laughing. It brings back memories of a number of places I have stayed in several continents. We (nearly) always live to tell the tale! and it is not the end of the world. I have found bed bugs the odd time in reputable(?) places and generally just turned over and gone back to sleep.Day 0. Barcelona (yesterday)
Calle de París is a very pleasant street in Barcelona. I had never visited this part of the city before and had only randomly chosen to stay at a hostal here. There are french-inspired cafeterías and restaurants along the street and I guess it looks a bit like some streets in Paris.
I only went to see the Sagrada Familia, about 1 kms from the hostal, since a strained knee prevented me from any lengthy excursion in Barcelona. I wish to see the interior some day, but this afternoon the queues seemed endless to me. I need to plan better if I am going to visit places in Barcelona because, as I said above, I had no time to think about my trip before I went...
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In the middle of the night I saw a bed bug scurry away on the pillow. I freaked out and went on to inspect the sheets, the bed, the walls... But I never saw more of them. I checked the reviews for my hostal on Booking, which I should have done before, and a lot of them were about bedbugs. Many with fotos of the infestation. The latest bedbug review was posted the same day as I checked in... There were also people writing that this establishment does not have a license, that it is illegal to stay here and that the police could enter any minute and leave you on the street! Well, people write the darndest things in reviews, I thought, and tried go back to sleep in spite of the bedbug situation. This morning when I left I saw the following paper on the door of the hostal:
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I will check reviews on Booking more thoroughly from now on..! No wonder they didn't have a stamp, when I asked them, since they must keep a low profile...
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You've got the hang of it - they appeared in perfect form.I try to get the hang of how to post pictures with my new phone so some fotos may appear below in a while.
Yes, but unlike both Lourdes and Fatima (both great in their own ways) more than 95% of the visitors go away before 6pm and it becomes wonderfully peaceful then!I am a little apprehensive of the tourist vibes I have read about, but I guess it is the same in Lourdes, Fatima...
You’re really making me want to go. I haven’t let myself visit yet as I want to walk there the first time. And I won’t let myself walk there until I start from Port de Selva and do the full distance.As others note, the tourists scamper and, after vespers, are almost entirely disappeared. Montserrat in the moonlight is quite extraordinary and, when the sky is clear, the lights of Barcelona in the far distance. It's almost as other-dimensional as Mont Saint Michel at night.
And do not miss the gallery, which is small and exquisite, and you will be spared museum head.
strained knee
In the middle of the night I saw a bed bug scurry away on the pillow.
Oh, boy. It sounds like quite an 'interesting' start. Take care of that knee, please, BP!lost one of my sasandals
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Hi, BP.Ok, I am starting the climb up to the monastery now.
Somehow, I can guess what @Bad Pilgrim will say about this!If you get there with time and pep left in your step,
You found out, clearly.What could possibly go wrong..?
Which BP probably isn't. Buen camino tomorrow, peregrino!That is the bit where it would help. going in either direction, to be about 7 feet tall.
It doesn't help if there is an abyss next to it, for me to slide down in! Because that's how I felt today..!Excellent - many thanks for making the time. Fascinating. Well done!
Yes pretty much downhill all the way tomorrow but including this VERY uphill bit, at roughly the half way point. It has been discussed on FB page for Camino Ignaciano today.
That is the bit where it would help. going in either direction, to be about 7 feet tall.
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Thanks. I might be short-legged, but nor rocks nor goats can stop me..!Very well done!
The serious challenge is to keep one's centre of gravity on the right (forward) side, to avoid backwards somersaulting down the slope!I am so short I literally had to climb, on all fours, some of the steps that led up to the monastery..! Who knew the Camino would be a boot camp...
Good luck tomorrow. You will absolutely take it in your stride. My problem that day was heavy frost overnight!Tomorrow a short stage to Panadella. Get ready!
Truck stops are what I do best! It's a must then. But a ticket to enter? That would be a first time. I usually only have a café con leche. Will I have to make the coffee myself?!Good luck tomorrow. You will absolutely take it in your stride. My problem that day was heavy frost overnight!
You will pass an amazing motorway service station at Jorba. Worth looking in. It is an extraordinary complex, as clean and clinical as an operating theatre. It would do as a space station in a movie.
If you go in to the cafeteria - you have get a ticket to go in i think - you will see something which was completely new to me. There are six or eight spotless 'cookers' - you can collect meat or fish or whatever from the counter and then cook it yourself. And......lots of big burly truckers were doing just that. Hard to imagine it on the M6. You don't have to cook for yourself!
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Yes, and the backpack doesn't make it easier. When I looked back down those steps yesterday... Mostly without a protective railing on the side... Brrrr!!The serious challenge is to keep one's centre of gravity on the right (forward) side, to avoid backwards somersaulting down the slope!
Yes it is counterintuitive and a bit hard to explain, but go for it. You get into the complex and then I think you buy a ticket for €7 or thereabouts for the all-you-can-eat buffet. Tea and coffee extra. It's here.Truck stops are what I do best! It's a must then. But a ticket to enter? That would be a first time. I usually only have a café con leche. Will I have to make the coffee myself?!
I am lost for words. So I will have a field day with the truck stops tomorrow! Yes, I already made a reservation at Hostal Bayona. - I am eventually going through Huesca so I will not be turning left, correct?Yes it is counterintuitive and a bit hard to explain, but go for it. You get into the complex and then I think you buy a ticket for €7 or thereabouts for the all-you-can-eat buffet. Tea and coffee extra. It's here.
No one ever left a truck stop hungry, but this one is definitely an outlier in terms of tradition.
I guess you will stay at Hostal Bayona in Padanella? It is another truck stop, very much of the old style. The food was actually very good. They hadn't spent much on decoration since around the turn of one of millenia.
If you are not turning left in Tárrega you will miss two other extraordinary truck stops. La Cruzanzana outside Candasnos defies description really. It looks like it may have been a hunting lodge back in the, who knows, 1920s?? Built of rock, main corridor about twelve feet wide. It will still be there in 500 years.
And then on the Camino Ignaciano proper, way back on day 4 or 5 there is an astonishingly modern, throbbing truckstop in Andamur San Roman - not for nothing, but a room better than any cheap chain hotel in UK and terrific food for buttons. Add a litre of cerveza for €2. "Where would you be going?" as they say in Ireland!!View attachment 172668
Haha, no I think it was real enough, though I cannot prove it.You sure it wasn't a phantom diner? Yes, that's a thing (trying to post a link)
Okay, this I cannot miss..!Tomorrow watch out for the guy who has a collection of old fighter jets in his garden
I will go there, to have a café con leche, if it's not too steep. It's about mid-way to Tárrega so I would want to have a break. I just saw a Wikiloc saying 30, not 28 (Gronze) kms to Tárrega... I hope it's not all an asphalt as today.I think you don't have to go into Cervera
Oh! here is the graffito. I cannot get the hang of inserting photos......It has defeated me for 15 years.The bar is microscopic, but friendly. I went to get a glass of water for myself, but found i was serving myself from a barrel of beer in the middle of the room.
BasÃlica of Santa Maria de Cervera · Carrer Santa Maria, 17, 25200 Cervera, Lleida, Spain
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You will enter the city through the old back gate......there is a ramp up. I rather liked the graffito - not the most woke of places!!
Much more dusty rural lanes than you had today. After Tárrega, I will be learning from you!
About the foto: I'm "just" a vegetarian so I don't take offenseOh! here is the graffito. I cannot get the hang of inserting photos......It has defeated me for 15 years.
Wowowow! Not in that particular place, but I saw the message when leaving Montserrat, when I stepped out on the carretera. It was sprayed large in pink on the railing and I did take a picture, thinking I would post it here. But it got lost in competition with monster goats and mountain ranges. (I think you can only post 10 pictures at a time). Yeah I guess it goes with people being fed up with tourists in other places like Ibiza, Las Canarias or even nearby Barcelona. But yes I'm a pilgrim so I wondered if the message was aimed at me or not...Yes yours are good! I am veering mostly towards non-dogmatic and non-evanglizing vegetarianism.
Did you see this up near Montserrat. Blunt! Of course, we are not tourists!!
Oh, sorry but I don't recognize this. I am in the albergue Cal Trepat. The guy who handed me the keys works in the opposite building and it is 10 euros. Only albergue, not a social center that I am aware of. Local rock band?? Believe me, I would run as fast as I could..!In Tarrega, you get the key from the police office, on the right as you enter the Ayuntamiento. The cop on duty will probably take you to the albergue, which is free! However, it is in a social centre which a local rock band use for practice. The drummer is quite good.
Day 16? Or does it just feel like that??Day 16: La Panadella - Tàrrega, 29 kms
BP,
Thank you for sharing your days here on the forum; your descriptions and pics are great.
I envy your visit at San Juan de la Pena tomorrow. Please do not rush; the site is unforgettable.
As an architectural historian it was my professional privilege/ personal pleasure to visit many special places in this world, but the old monastery at San Juan de la Pena belongs in that unique category of sublime timeless perfection...Carpe diem!
Sorry, I was thinking of Tamarite de Litera. So you’ve got that to look forward to.Oh, sorry but I don't recognize this. I am in the albergue Cal Trepat. The guy who handed me the keys works in the opposite building and it is 10 euros. Only albergue, not a social center that I am aware of. Local rock band?? Believe me, I would run as fast as I could..!
. Although I like to be surprised as well, as today in Cervera!
Yes, there were a few witch-themed cafés, shops, cervecerías... I read about the legends, and the magic festivals, really interesting. It felt like a magical place. I haven't experienced it by night but I imagine it can be quite spooky!Lots of legends involving witches!
Thank you for that excellent photo. You win this month’s best Camino picture competition - a fictional competition which I have just created because this is such a fabulous image.It's indeed a walk in the park... a 37 kms long park. Currently in Linyola so I have 13 kms left to go. It's flat flat flat, but at least pretty to look at. And since yesterday storks have begun to appear!
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I never win anything!Thank you for that excellent photo. You win this month’s best Camino picture competition - a fictional competition which I have just created because this is such a fabulous image.
If you are ever in Galloway a glass of wine & Tarte de Santiago will be presented to you at a small ceremony overlooked by the local cows & sheep (& disrupted by the local midges if it is early evening.I never win anything!Wow thanks! I will practice my acceptance speech! Does this involve huge amounts of money? Or free café con leche and wine??
Oh do take care.Day 7: Tàrrega - Balaguer, 37 kms
Some day I need to learn to keep my mouth shut. This was not a walk in the park. When I got to Balaguer - before I got to Balaguer - I felt sick to the point of throwing up. That only happened to me once before, on another Camino. Actually it wasn't too hot, it got cloudy for the last 13 kms, and there was a cool breeze in my face all the while. But it was too long. It took me eleven hours to walk from Tárrega to reach the Hostal d'Urgell in Balaguer.
I had to stop in a cafetería four minutes before I got to the hostal because my legs wouldn't take it anymore. At first I couldn't drink either the water or the Coca Cola. But I started to sip it and could eventually keep it down. Not strictly a sun stroke, since it was clouded, but my body was exhausted and the symptoms are the same. I slept for one and a half hour at the hostal, curtains drawn and ventilator on, and feel better now. Still haven't showered as I dropped dead on the bed. And I need to use the laundromat (occupied at the moment) and buy food at the supermarket which luckily are both close to the hostal.
Blessed are the pilgrims who find a place to stay in Linyola, 13 kms before Balaguer. I really liked that stretch. Dirt tracks among fields, passing the nice castle del Remei with resting areas and a few restaurants. Very bucolic. Linyola seemed like a nice little place. But as I told you yesterday, two other pilgrims had snatched the only accomodation in town.
Hostal d'Urgell in Balaguer is 30 euros according to Gronze, but 80 euros on Booking *gasp*. I phoned them yesterday and got a pilgrim price of 20 euros, breakfast included. I don't complain. The room is basic and really only worth 20 euros, but after the calvary today I was happy to finally be inside and be able to rest. I have seen the breakfast waiting for me and it's the real deal! I won't go hungry in the morning.
What worries me is if I will get access to the albergue in Algerrí tomorrow. I should have let them know earlier, before the weekend, that I am on my way and now the Ayuntamiento doesn't answer. Oh well, there must be people in town who can help me, right? That remains to be seen. I will only do that short stage tomorrow, I need to rest my legs...
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Agree completely!!Thank you for that excellent photo. You win this month’s best Camino picture competition - a fictional competition which I have just created because this is such a fabulous image.
Oh do take care.
These too.And I am not saying 'the camino will provide'....meh! that does nothing for me (he whispers). You have a short walk tomorrow, so you will have time to allow things to sort themselves out.
¡Ten buen ánimo! Rest well tonight.
Hope you are feeling back to normal today and, as @timr and @VNwalking have said, do take care.Day 7: Tàrrega - Balaguer, 37 kms
Some day I need to learn to keep my mouth shut. This was not a walk in the park. When I got to Balaguer - before I got to Balaguer - I felt sick to the point of throwing up. That only happened to me once before, on another Camino. Actually it wasn't too hot, it got cloudy for the last 13 kms, and there was a cool breeze in my face all the while. But it was too long. It took me eleven hours to walk from Tárrega to reach the Hostal Urgell in Balaguer.
I had to stop in a cafetería four minutes before I got to the hostal because my legs wouldn't take it anymore. At first I couldn't drink either the water or the Coca Cola. But I started to sip it and could eventually keep it down. Not strictly a sun stroke, since it was clouded, but my body was exhausted and the symptoms are the same. I slept for one and a half hour at the hostal, curtains drawn and ventilator on, and feel better now. Still haven't showered as I dropped dead on the bed. And I need to use the laundromat (occupied at the moment) and buy food at the supermarket which luckily are both close to the hostal.
Blessed are the pilgrims who find a place to stay in Linyola, 13 kms before Balaguer. I really liked that stretch. Dirt tracks among fields, passing the nice castle del Remei with resting areas and a few restaurants. Very bucolic. Linyola seemed like a nice little place. But as I told you yesterday, two other pilgrims had snatched the only accomodation in town.
Hostal Urgell in Balaguer is 30 euros according to Gronze, but 80 euros on Booking *gasp*. I phoned them yesterday and got a pilgrim price of 20 euros, breakfast included. I don't complain. The room is basic and really only worth 20 euros, but after the calvary today I was happy to finally be inside and be able to rest. I have seen the breakfast waiting for me and it's the real deal! I won't go hungry in the morning.
What worries me is if I will get access to the albergue in Algerrí tomorrow. I should have let them know earlier, before the weekend, that I am on my way and now the Ayuntamiento doesn't answer. Oh well, there must be people in town who can help me, right? That remains to be seen. I will only do that short stage tomorrow, I need to rest my legs...
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