Today I was in shock when I received a message from my mother.
My childhood friend Lawrence Kruger passed away suddenly this morning. My thoughts are with Auntie Esme, Dominique and Jared during this time of bereavement.
Yet again I am reminded of how precious life really is. RIP Lawrence.
This morning I set off around 7:30am, the first morning without a cold wind, much to my delight.
At least I could take my jacket and beany off.
I walked through the town of Villarente on a path that takes you over the river.
The route after that was rather warm without any shade. I stopped in Arcahueja for a break before the final 10km's to León.
On my way into León a guy on a bicycle stopped next to me. I met Alfonso from Madrid, he was tired of cycling so he walked and chatted to me. He kindly used his GPS to find my hotel. I bought him a beer and we had lunch together. He then headed off for another 20km's for the day.
Jayne sent me a whatssapp to let me know she was still in León, rather awesome that some of the Camino family were in town.
Later on I bumped into Gon again, seems like my longing for the Camino family was answered.
Then I received an email from Carole, she lives in Australia and we have been chatting on the Camino Forum for months. She was also in town.
Jayne, Carole and I had a lovely dinner together.
The city of León has so much history, the cathedral is really beautiful and I was privileged to stay in a hotel next to it. The resident population is 130000.
That's my short story for today after 19km's.
