{"id":685,"date":"2015-05-08T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robscamino.com\/?p=685"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T23:34:31","slug":"8th-of-may-a-day-of-emotion-walking-to-najera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/8th-of-may-a-day-of-emotion-walking-to-najera\/","title":{"rendered":"8th of May &#8211; A Day of Emotion | Walking to N\u00e1jera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>A Day for Thinking<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Today was a day for thinking, and just putting\u00a0my head down and walking.<\/p>\n<p>It was a short day with only<em> 17 kilometers<\/em> and so I was looking forward to <a href=\"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/8th-of-may-when-in-najera\/\" target=\"_blank\">getting to\u00a0N\u00e1jera<\/a> early in the day to get my washing done and have a chance to relax.<\/p>\n<p>The scenery wasn&#8217;t particularly attractive today, so it was conducive to just concentrating on walking and thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/walking-to-Najera-1.jpg\" alt=\"Walking to Najera\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I actually took the opportunity to put my head down and walk really hard, I felt like I needed a good work out.<\/p>\n<p>So rather than going to the gym and taking it out on a punching bag,\u00a0unfortunately I took it out on my feet.<\/p>\n<p>I covered the 17 kilometers in about three and a half hours including the 30-minute break.<\/p>\n<p>It seems strange that only eleven days into the <em>Camino<\/em> when Day 1 seemed so hard, that 17 kilometers actually seems like a warm up.<\/p>\n<p>It was interesting when I got into\u00a0<em><strong>N\u00e1jera<\/strong><\/em>, I always have a look out for a central square with a few\u00a0coffee shops and bars because inevitably that&#8217;s where the pilgrims will first stop.<\/p>\n<p>And sure enough coming across the bridge into the old town there on the left were a couple of bars with tables and umbrellas outside with about 20 pilgrims already gathered there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Pilgrim Central<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FtXSbRoTBNQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I always feel like after\u00a0a walk\u00a0is something to eat and drink, and so I grabbed a <em>paella<\/em> and two or three glasses of red wine and just sat and relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>It was interesting talking to some of the other pilgrims, and we got on to the topic of emotional swings during the <em>Camino<\/em>. I was glad to hear that I&#8217;m not the only one who has good days and bad days.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sarah<\/em>\u00a0(whom I met on Day 1) was telling me how last night, she had a really miserable day with blisters and sore feet and really didn&#8217;t feel like continuing, so she gave herself a treat by staying in a really nice hotel.<\/p>\n<p>I have to say, today she looks in great spirits \u00a0and was looking forward to the rest of the <em>Camino<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just going to take a walk around the old town now and have a chance to relax, maybe even have a nap in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">And then like most evenings, I&#8217;ll head down to a central area, where I expect many of the pilgrims will gather to share their stories of the day, their lives and their impressions of the Camino so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Dinner at Pilgrim Central<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2K5V-eY1Gyw?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Foot Care<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">I was told before I came on the Camino, by all my Camino friends online, that everyone on the Camino becomes a foot expert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">And it&#8217;s certainly true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Thankfully, I haven&#8217;t had any blisters yet, but I&#8217;m sure they will come at some point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">There seems to be a whole variety of treatment regimes for blisters, one of the most popular being Compeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">I actually brought along a range of different tapes and ointments and so on to treat my ow<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">n feet. And one of the extra things I threw in just to try it was hiking wool, that I ordered online from New Zealand. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">This is just sheep&#8217;s wool. You can actually get the same material by pulling it off the fences where sheep are enclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t had to try it myself yet, but the idea is you put the sheep&#8217;s wool on a hot spot before it turns into a blister.<\/p>\n<p>The concept is, that the sheep wool provides not only a buffer but the <em>lanolin<\/em> in the wool helps moisturise the skin and stops the blister forming.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst I haven&#8217;t had to try it yet, one of my Camino family has.<\/p>\n<p>I met<em><strong> Renata from Italy<\/strong> <\/em>a couple of days ago and she mentioned that she had a blister already and was getting another \u00a0hot spot.<\/p>\n<p>I suggested that she try some of my hiking wool. So I gave her a couple of small pieces and continued on my way.<\/p>\n<p>Today I met <em>Renata<\/em> again and said,<em> &#8220;How did it go with the <a href=\"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/foot-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">hiking wool<\/a>?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Her remark was,<em> &#8220;You saved my life. It worked really well, have you got any more?&#8221;<\/em> So at that point we stopped and I gave her another ration of hiking wool.<\/p>\n<p>So it sounds like a product that is certainly worth trying and in terms of weight, it weighs nothing so you&#8217;ve got nothing to lose in bringing some along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a day for thinking, and just putting my head down and walking. 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