Biggest day of the pilgrimage so far, we were originally going to split this part up into two easy days but wanted to see how we would handle it. Pretty tough but not much harder than the 32 km to St Alban on day 3.

We left at 6:30 in the morning and arrived at 6:30 in the evening and had maybe 2 hrs of rests along the way so our pace has dropped considerably to under 4 km an hour. We’re both pretty tired now and our pace has been consistantly dropping for the last week so it’s time for a rest day tomorrow. We’ve covered 350 km in 14 days so we’re ahead of schedule and wondering what to do with ourselves for 3 to 4 weeks at the end - any suggestions would be appreciated!

The highlight of the day was walking along an old roman road (the road of iron) for 15 km or so - quite amazing that a road could last so long. Heidi didn’t really get into the spirit of walking on the roman road - she wouldn’t participate in any gladiator recitals or reinactments and didn’t appreciate her first two roman names (Heidi Grumpybumus or Heidi Chocolathoggitus) and only grudgingly accepted Heidi Angelicus Beautificus. I thought it fitting to dub myself Humilitus Joshua Maximus Gloriusnus, though by the end of the road I had renounced my claim to the throne and was content with Joshua Sorus Footus.

In 20km more we will be half way to spain so the pilgrimage is nearly a quarter over, how time flies when you’re having fun.

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