12-June-2016 Abidan to Baamonde

Started walking at 7.40am, it was cool with a stiff head wind, the day I started with a sweater on, it didn't last long though before it was unbearable hot.
The first break was meant to be at the 14km mark but we were pleasantly surprised to find a bar at 8kms instead. We had our breakfast, coffee and toast, the walk today was mainly on country lanes either side of the main road. We passed a nice medieval bridge along the way at the 14km mark we had coffee again, then at Vilalba we had to make the decision, stop here or continue another 20km to Baamonde. We stopped in a small cafe to order lunch, a bacon and cheese bocadillo and an apple tart. We kept walking, the days walk had been easy but straight after lunch we headed quite steeply down to cross the river then uphill a lot to get back out again. About 3 km out of town we stopped in a field to eat our lunch. It had started raining and stopped again since we left town, the Ponchos made good ground sheets to lay out on to have a good break.
We rest of the walk was a bit of a blur, we passed an albino peacock that was interesting. At one place there were plastic Coca-Cola chairs outside so Lynette open the door only to realise it was someone's house. The owner was good about it and showed us where the hotek was.
Coming into town was another heart breaker, the road had diverted quite a bit adding to the end, then the hostel was outside of town but at the far end. In the end we had walked 42km. Lynette had considered filling her boots with dog poo to soften the impact of the road. The hostel was best described as a functional box, it did the job, no frills. We crashed on the bed for a while, to wait for the feet to stop humming. After about 20 minutes I got up to shower and wash the clothes.
The petrol station next door was also the restaurant and cafe, the restaurant didn't start until 9.00 but the cafe served some food, we order salad and pizza as we weren't going to last until 9.00 pm. This waa enjoyed immensely. After eating I had to go walk around the car park while Lynette ordered ice cream, this is because I was just short of 50,000 steps for the day on my fitbit. That done enjoyed the ice cream and shut down for the day.