Day 46 -more animals and gum trees

With another 17 km day and easier walking conditions with the forecast being cloudy and top of 22 deg we had breakfast and got on the "way" by 8am. Though overcast It was nice not to be shrouded in fog as we moved off the country roads into the wooded paths .. . a bit spooky leaving the light and heading for a dark hole leading into the woods.
A pleasant walk in a landscape covered with cornfields and Gumtree plantations  ... we saw a lot being used for firewood. Am having more frequent stops now, not so much for reheshments but to get my pack off and allow my back & vertebrae to realign, having some issues with shoulders & leg in particular ... am glad it has only now started to be an issue and not 740km ago . Got to say we have timed the ending of the walk perfectly as our body or is it our minds are telling us "enough!"... no more out of bed early, (and different bed and dam Spanish pillows every night) prepping our feet, packing every thing ( doing the ken Pearce check to ensure we have not left anything ) getting dressed, loading water & food, throwing what seems to be the heavier pack on to our shoulders.. then remembering where we are and where we are going ! ... . after all there Is a time for everything under heaven ... a time for pilgrimage & a time to go home.
By the way a few more interesting happenings on the Camino today ...
- met a cuban lady now living and teaching in Miami , was doing similar km's as us each day but stated 2 weeks later ... didn't make sense till she told us she had taken the train around the Meseta ... had a few do that .. they missed out on a key part of the Camino puzzle
- it was a day for Anita to talk to the Animals again ... cows. sheep, horses dogs & cats...they all seem to pay attention☺
- saw a girl taking her cat on the Camino...it really didn't seem too happy (see pic). We have seen a few dogs (one with its front paws bandaged..I guess they get blisters too.
- we bumped into "wheelbarrow  man"..we are travelling as similar pace just that he has a heavy wheelbarrow to push up the hills.
Have included a couple of pics of food types we encounter..a wide selection but time frames can be an issue and just because you are a pilgrim they immediately want you to eat a 3 course meal every day.
Also included pics of my healing feet...they look worse than they really are..just old blister skin peeling off. They have taken a pounding having to make over 1million steps in all conditions...now hardened and a little numb the pain is minimal
Again the realisation that in 2 weeks time we will be back at Mount Cotton..acclimatising to the cold winter weather and reacquainting ourselves with what will seem a little abnormal for awhile and processing what has been the most amazing time of our lives...oh but first it off to see St James at Santiago.