competition for beds

[Barry Evans]

Lisa wrote, "I found myself caught up in a rush of folks every
morning scrambling
to get ready and leave the refugio - almost marching onward - to the
next
one so they would get a bed.  This initially, was  most disconcerting
for
me.  I am not a competitive person..."

Yeah, we know what you mean. we'd had this very long day, leaving
Sahagun at 5.30 am (it didn't get light until after 7!) and arriving
38 km. later in Manzilla around 4 pm, only to find about 50 people in
the courtyard of the refugio and the hospitaldero not expected to
arrive until 5. And only about 30 beds there! Something would have to
give.
I remember sitting there feeling sad, anticipating the scramble for
beds with fellow peregrinos. Just didn't want to get into that scene,
so my wife and I and a great friend we'd made on the way found us a
cheap room, well worth the 8 or 9 bucks each to avoid the discomfort
of refugio competition. That was the only time that happened, feeling
competition for bed space, but we did (and do) wonder, If this is
what it's like in mid-september, what's it like in july and august?
barry

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