Woke up this morning, I hear raindrops on my tent. Weather forecast predicted rain the whole day. So I decided to take a ‘rest’ day today, as this camping has also this nice hut with many books to read, and a place to relax.

When I ask whether prolonging my stay is possible, the father of the owner said it is 20 euro. I wondered how come that yesterday was much cheaper. Is that the Camino? Yes indeed. When he knows that I am on the Camino, he even refused to accept money and gave me some changes for the shower. I was perplexed and grateful at the same time.
I am happy to have this experience. Like my Camino nearly 3 years ago, when I started in Lourdes where I was only in those places with credentials. It was a kind of bubble and I took those for granted. It’s really because of those warm-hearted people who make these possible. How many other things in life do we take for granted?
The weather was not so bad at all, so I could go to Tilburg. There is the cemetery where my granduncle, his wife and one of his daughters are. When I was young, just came to the Netherlands, he always invited us to the kermis, the biggest in the Netherlands (still I guess). My yearly holiday back then.
After then, as I still have time (I am not sure whether it’s due to cycling without luggages, or that I have tailwind), I visited my other aunt in Breda.
So, at the end, I cycled some 60+ kilometers today. However without the luggages. And, important too, not to break and setup the tent ;).
Regarding the cooking: within 2 hours, only 20+ matches, I managed to have hot food! So, a little progress is there. The lesson today is to clean the burner each time after use. Anyway, I guess I need to see some instructions for the deep cleaning of the burner in order to improve the cooking time… Step by step…