Astorga

Today we walked to Astorga, 16.8 miles. Absolute murder. We made it to Hospital de Orbigo early and decided to push on. Very tough - the road was more like a dirt trail with river stones embedded in it. Unpleasant doesn´t begin to describe it. At the end of the day we met two new folks who walked us to the Albergue (municipal quasi refugio). Not a bad room and the shower had hot water - who can complain? But today has taken its toil and, at the very least we are extending the walk to 14 days instead of 13 to reduce the future walking day distances. Or, we may have to bail on walking and play tourist instead.