Day 24 - Just another day .... on the Meseta

You have heard the song ..." just another day in paradise" , well it wasn't quiet that but it was just  another long hot day on the Meseta. We hadn't slept that well the night before and were wanting to leave early to beat some of the heat ... but we were still probably later than many as we heard the pilgrim  army plodding past our window as early as 5:30 am !
A couple of alternate routes saved some of the Senda km's (man made paths next to highways) beside the N-120 highway ...with over 24km to walk we were glad for the villages every 3-4km so plenty rest stops were the order of the day . Highlights of the day included :-
• bumping into a retired couple we enjoyed talking to the night before. They had lived in Oz for 13yrs, becoming citizens but had moved to Germany to be close to their grandchildren ... "home is where the heart is!"
• saw our first sunflower ... we are a month too early for their full display
• hopefully getting some nice pics of "moi" on an old bridge☺
• catching up with some of the group of 19 Irish doing a week on the Camino ... they are so much fun to be around . a joke a minute relating stories of people they had met over the week ... but one call Pat , when we were alone shared that he has been walking in memory of his daughter who died at the aged 16 from a lung disease . Anita had noticed him earlier in the week carrying one pink Dr Martin on his pack in memory of his daughter...very moving listening to him on a sidewalk out side a restaurant in Sahagun..a Special Camino moment .
So an early dinner and a wander around town as is our habit now and finish our chores...only 11km tomorrow so a big breakfast and late leave.
By the way...i must ask this imponderable question i was left with after my shower...
"After walking 24km's in hot and trying conditions over often rocky ground...why do they make showers with plastic trays with exactly the same rock shapes we just walked over..grrrr!!??"☺