June 20 Day 08 to Melide

5:30am start to beat the heat today for a 47km trek. Not going to lie, it was a hard one being so long after doing 218 km the previous 7 days. The legs were sore after 40 km, and the feet hurt. No real blisters, just tender pounding through 47 km in 9 hrs. Temp was 25° at 10 AM and reached a high of 31° by the time I reached Melida at 2:30. Little shade today, a lot of road (trail by road) walking today.

There Always seems to be one or two of these mausoleums on each of the hikes. You can actually ring the bell.

Had more than a few times where I was distracted and missed my turn. Funny thing about every time I do this, and it does happen a couple times a day believe it or not. I’ll be listening to music, a pod cast, an audio book or planning the next couple days on my phone, then miss a sign and head down a path that won’t reconnect with “the way”. I truly believe I would get a nudge from Char within a minute or 2, as I’ll just randomly think about her or what would Char think of this trail or village and I’ll just happen to pull out my phone and realize I’m off track. I think she really is on this trek with me and helping me guide through this.

I passed very few people today as most slept in till 7 or 8 and only walked the 33 km to the town just before Melida.

47 km, 9 hrs, 62,500 steps, 4,565 cal.

Breakfast: Large Yogurt, banana

2 Lunches: 3 ham/cheese sandwiches, 1 banana, 6 mini chocolate filled croissants

About 5L of water with electrolytes

Comments

  1. AshleyJune 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM

    ♥️ of course she is with you.. making sure you know you went the wrong way.. 🤭

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  2. AnonymousJune 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM

    I can hear her laughter 🥰❤️

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