Map of where I am and half way to destination... Poqueira Refugio
There is a big change in the weather today which ought to be a relief. I intend climbing 11 km uphill from pretty and touristy Capileira. It is cloudy and threatens rain. I will start a bit later today and get some provisions for the next 24 hours. Bread cheese and ham and some oranges will do just fine. The best of the local foods! I will get a weather forecast after breakfast. Scrambled eggs with jam... another local treat invariably well seasoned with lots of salt and paprika sprinkled round the edge of the plate. Yummmmy!
I really ache today, mainly my back. It is tempting to sit down and write postcards all day but I do want to see the Sierra Nevada a bit closer and maybe make a little snowman. I am not wearing shorts today for the first day. But it feels warm if a bid humid.
South America is really big and I have never been there. I am leaving the safety of my teaching job to explore 5 spanish-speaking countries and to walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands. I am hoping that neither the perilous altitudes of Ecuador, the ravenous midges in the Peruvian rainforest or the crazy Bolivian bus drivers will kill me... I will doubtless meet other people on the edge of sanity who feel the need to wander away from safety. I hope we can be friends.
Cape Wrath Trail
Friday, 11 April 2014
Change in weather..
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Mmmm....Scrambled eggs and jam! That
will get you over the mountains!
Andrew.
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