Another short day, but not a great one personally, as I developed my second ever blister at the 5km mark. Go figure…. day 15 and 290 km completed! To make matters worse, our collection of ‘toe socks’ have morphed into a sticky, glutinous blob. The trusty sandals will need to be deployed instead!
The walk was over a hill and vaguely following the Roman via. Definitely cattle country (see pic above) although no cattle were observed. Which is odd given Casar de Caceres is known for its ‘torta de queso’ and has a cheese museum. One wonders whether the exhibits are blue and fuzzy! The famed cheese is quite a large lump of cheese, and by all accounts very pungent. Doing a camino with ‘cheese belly’ did not appeal.
The town has a magnificent promenade at the Eastern entrance, with enough benches to seat the town’s entire population, but judging by the number of people in the small plaza outside the albergue, not all the town’s inhabitants are at the promenade tonight.
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