Day 15 - Carrion de Los Condes to Terradilos de Los Templarios (27 km)

I have walked just over half-way from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela, 405 kilometres in 15 days.

Yet another perfect day for walking - cold morning, clear skies, warm afternoon. The path was mostly dirt roads, with few stops. But the time went by quickly. Unusually for me, I did not walk alone at all today. I spent the day - and now the evening - with the delightful peregrinos I befriended a few days ago. Nina and Jens from Germany, Vaclav from Czech Republic and Bernard from Ireland. Mostly I walked with Bernard. The time and distance flew by as we walked and talked for 8 hours. It may surprise you to learn that I was not doing most of the talking! So not too many photos today, though I will add a few from earlier days.

I've just come in from sitting in the sun enjoying a glass of wine with these special people. You find on The Camino that people are open and kind-hearted. I am struck by the laughter, the authenticity of our conversations and willingness to share our stories. We have so much in common, far more than our differences. And we have the luxury of time to be good story tellers and good listeners.

I had thought I'd walk a little further today but I was not ready to leave this group - we will each go our own way soon enough. Tonight we are all together in a dorm room, and we'll share more laughter over dinner shortly.

So not a lot to write tonight, but some important thank yous.

Firstly, Allan Hart, you are a legend. For those of you who don't know Allan, this is a man who loves a project, particularly if technology is involved. And he throws himself into it wholeheartedly and is meticulous and thorough. And he has made my Camino one of his projects.

I received an email from Allan this morning letting me know that he has been working on a project titled Jenny's Camino. He has kept statistics on my kilometres travelled (apparently I have averaged about 27 km per day), and captured a google map aerial view of each village and town in which I've stopped for the night.

He's also recorded the number of words written in each blog update and the local time of writing, noting that it's sometimes quite late at night. It's true, I had thought early on that my updates would get shorter, but that has not turned out to be the case, as you may have noticed. Your overwhelming enthusiasm and participation via comments and emails have inspired me to write each night, and it has become an important and enjoyable part of my Camino. Thank you, Allan, your interest and enthusiasm has really touched me. I'm honored to be your latest project!

Thanks also to Audrey, Jill, Rosanne, Sue, Gemma, Ange, Judy, Pat, Julie and Pam for your emails and comments. xxx

I'm going to call it a night now. The only thing to add is that my good fortune continues and I am looking forward to the next 400 kms!

J x

P.S. Sorry that you received Day 14 update twice. I did something by accident which published it again.