Letters from G and L... part 4.

Got another update from G and L this morning. And as I was reading, I wondered about the places that they are seeing. "I'll have to look it up on Google Earth," I thought. Then I had a wonderful idea. "I'll link the place names to the corresponding co-ordinates so that everyone else can see too," I thought. So I loaded Google Earth up. I checked out all the places and plotted the route that G and L have taken so far (well, I think so at least). Then I tried to find a way to link all of that to the blog. Problem is, I don't know how. I'm not a supreme super geek and Gryph's not here to tell me what to do. So anyway... I've spent most of the day playing and mapping and marking. And at the end of it all, I could only email myself a screenshot of their path. Nonetheless, I'm quite impressed with what I've achieved...

(Click on the photo and it'll get big.)

Oh, and speaking of Google Earth... By the end of the month you should be able to check out some of our photos there. So far we've submitted some pics of the Caves area, Yeppoon, Emu Park, Keppel Sands, Emerald, Gladstone, and more. I'll be looking through some more photos over the next couple of days and will try to come up with a few of the Rockhampton area too. Once they've been accepted and loaded onto Google Earth, we'll let you know to have a look.

Now, back to the subject... today's installment of The Great Walk around Spain...



The No-mattress Mattress, Gale Force Winds and Rocky Footpaths.

Okay guys it is not all happy going in Spain. We have reached the half way mark and yes we are still having fun. Let me tell you of some of the not so great stuff. When you're walking all day long all you long for is the hot shower (which as you know already is not always hot) and a nice comfortable bed. Well we have met up with the no matress matress. It looks good and inviting and you think this is a wondeful place, until it is time to go to bed and you lie down and hit the springs or wooden board underneath it. Well with a sore body that just needs to rest you end up twisting and turning all night long as your body starts to hurt even more. You certainly get an early start this way as we are very keen to get out of this bed as it is just too much to take.

We have been walking the last 4 days over acres and acres of open grassland in gale force winds. We have done quite a few extra miles as we have been tossed and blown to any direction except the right one. Coming from Logrono to Burgos, with each step we were getting closer to Burgos, but it's 2 steps back and 1 forward. Whilst walking in this landscape the Spaniards also seem to enjoy giving us rocky footpaths to walk on to cause more pain in the feet department. We have decided to walk on the road today as G's feet are very sore from this type of walking.

Anyway there is always a good side to the story. We have treated ourselves with 2 nights in a hotel. Pure luxery our own bed, hot showers at all times (we have wasted quite a lot of hot water there) and a blissful matress. Another bad point, the spaniards are an extremely rowdy lot and they do not stop because we are sleeping. No they do not even try to be quiet.

Anyway, yes everyone is getting my e-mails including M.

Lots of love from G and L.

PS. We are at the moment in Sahagun.