Ant and I ended up being able to spend the night together, we found a room with double bunk beds especially for couples - boo hoo!
We were able to sleep until about 2.00am... this appears to be when others had fallen into a deep sleep, and started snoring. For a while there were only a few people snoring, kind of in an annoying melody - snort, snort, snooooort etc. Anyway, to start with the noise wasn't loud enough to totally interrupt our sleep, but by 3.00am there was a 'trumpeter of a snorer'... needless to say he then kept us awake until 6.00am - great start!
Even with our little sleep we managed to drag our sorry selves out of bed at 6.00am, as first planned. The Albergue but on breakfast of stodgy bread, home-made marmalade, biscuits and tea/coffee - just what we needed to kick start our day.
Now, to help guide your way along the Camino, and to each village you will find yellow spray painted arrows. These can be found all over the place - on the road, on telephone polls, walls etc.
We found early on that you have to have a keen eye for these little buggers, and managed to get lost within 10 minutes of trying to find our way out of León. Thankfully we met other walkers, and together we were able to find our way out, though about an hour later we managed to get lost again - doh!
So blindly Ant and I walked in the direction on west, in the hope that we would soon stumble across the 'already famous' arrows. Again we were saved by other walkers, a lovely Swedish couple (both the tender age of 70 I might add) who help us along our way!
After what seemed forever we arrived to our destination - San Martin del Camino for 2.00pm.
It's so nice to be able to take of our shoes to allow our throbbing feet to breath. So far there neither of us have blisters (early days yet I think), though our feet are tired and sore.
The accommodation is basic but nice. It's Sunday here, and in this little village there doesn't seem to be anywhere open. For now we just want to relax!
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