A continuing journey from Tarifa to the Pyrenees.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Canada de la Cruz-Archivel (almost)

Dear friends,
This is my penultimate blog entry. After tomorrow you will all have to find
something else with which to fill the empty hours.
Today was a good day for the idle walker: all more or less level walking
along country roads, with few diversions from a straight line to the
destination, but with a great view of distant ranges of mountains rising
from the plain. It's a very fertile area, and there are large arable farms;
but the crops here have been affected by the drought as well, and are half
the height they should be. People are saying there's not been a drought
like it for 60 years.
I've thrown one of ny ghastly shirts away, and I've washed my socks for the
last time (I mean on this walk, not for ever).
___
A wayfarer in Spain

posted by a wayfarer in Spain at 7:25 pm

9 Comments:

  • have a lovely last walking day :)

    maggie x

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:21 pm  

  • FROM DE LONILESS OF THE LONGDISTANCE RUNNER /Allan Sillitoe.
    Ahora, mientras me acerco al final, siento el olor seco del dia y subo un muntículo de hierba que las segadoras de césped empujadas por mis compañeros han limpiado de botes vacíos; arranco un trozo de corteza de árbol con los dedos y me la meto en la boca, mascando madera y polvo y quizá querochas, mientras corro hasta sentirme casi mareado, aunque engullendo todo lo que puedo de esta mezcla, a pesar de todo, pues un pajarillo me ha cantado que tengo que seguir viviendo al menos una temporada bastante más larga todavía, peró que tendré que pasar seis meses sin oler el aroma de la hierba ni probar esa corteza llena de polvo, ni "trotar" por ese agradable sendero.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:35 pm  

  • Mu buenas!
    Disfruta de la ultima etapa!
    Cari

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:36 pm  

  • Have a nice last day walking and keep in contact for picking you up wherever you are.
    My cell phone is available again.
    A big hug,
    Jose Alberto

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:41 pm  

  • Enhorabuena Dave por conseguir esta otra importante meta en tu vida.
    Felicidades,
    Benito

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:43 pm  

  • Wish we could be there to cheer you over the finishing line (or up those hundreds of steps to the top at Caravaca - or am I getting it mixed up with somewhere else?) It must be a bit strange coming to the end of something like this. Looking forward to having you back in Sheffield xxx
    A-M

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:05 am  

  • Well done!
    a congratulatory sack of Maris Pipers awaits you,together with a complimentary potatoe peeler.
    Andy

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:08 am  

  • Its already Weds so I presume you've set off on the last few kilometres of your trip. Is there someone wmeeting you to cheer you ovwer the finihing line? I can't believe you've done it so quickly -is it a man thing to need to set the record? Looking forward to seeing you and hearing all about it. Its something to dine out on for many a year.

    See you soon, Jane

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:11 am  

  • Andy,
    'Potato', singular; 'Potatoes', plural; 'Potatoe', appalling spelling and poor sense of humour.

    By Blogger a wayfarer in Spain, at 3:57 pm  

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