Steppe or Hell gate

It is said that the mentally worst 5 days are still to come after Burgos. One of those days is behind us today.

In the morning, we were still in a good mood. Fiona was playful.

Unfortunately, the area from here cannot be described as beautiful. In the morning, you walk across a highway interchange, then along the highway, and then under the highway bridges again. After a small village, the steppe begins. Catholics say that if you want to have their blessing, you have to pass through the Hell gate.

I thought I was well prepared with plenty of water, but I was wrong. In this steppe, there were only a few bushes with some shade and about 5 trees in total. And only one of them had a big enough shadow to take a break there. To get from one village to another, we had to walk about 12 kilometers in the heat.

We barely took any breaks, our village was not in sight for a long time. I was worried that Fiona would collapse. She drank all the water (3-liter water bladder) and it still wasn't enough. Luckily, Irina still had enough water. Somehow, with our last strength, we arrived in this place that was so far away. Her paws suffered a lot today and it looks painful.

I won't go through another day like this with her. Otherwise, everything will go wrong. We have to take a break now. I will try to get to Léon tomorrow and maybe wait there for another day. After that, we'll see if things are going well.