Day 6 Barbate- Conil de la Frontera

Last night we had torrential rain with the same forecast for this morning.  Fortunately in the end the rain held off and we enjoyed a beautiful cool day of walking, once we set off at 8.00a.m..

Because of the threat of rain we had decided to alter our planned route and instead of going along the coast we headed inland through a beautiful natural park "Los Pinos Pineros" heading for the shrine of San Ambrosio, for about 10 kms (about 4/5 kms longer than the coastal route) but which was very worthwhile.

We then had to walk along a minor road for some 16 kms which although somewhat boring had good views of the coast from time to time. We arrived in Conil very tired at around 2.50p.m.

Our biggest problem today has been the resurgence of blisters a couple of which are causing us some problems.  We  have been using a tried and tested method of piercing the blisters with needle and thread and then leaving a bit of thread to help drain the blister.  On the whole it is working very well but pounding the roads for 6 to 8 hours a day does not allow the blister to heal very quickly!

Still, no pain, no gain!