5.5 hours, 22km: Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis

When walking longer distances, sometimes deliberately, sometimes despite everything you can do to stop it, a piece of music gets stuck in your head. Rock, with its 4/4 backbeat, is a natural choice.

When walking on the flat, I have had “Go For a Soda”, by Kim Mitchell, stuck in my head. Only a psychiatrist can probably explain why. Perhaps I was thirsty at the time? Whatever you do, don’t think about this the next time you go fora walk.

When puffing up a hill, I am endlessly repeating L-O-L-A, Lola! This is more easily explained as it started when I passed a certain Cafe Lola.

How can this be expained? According to the internet, 152 BPM is the count for the Soda song and 124 BPM for Lola. The more music savvy amongst will say that I am double timing to Soda. Regardless, I measure the speed of a song by how often I tap my feet: and the hilliness of the day by what percentage of the day I am singing which song.

Today and tomorrow will be largely Kim Mitchell, “Soda,” days with a little bit of “Lola” sprinkled in early on.

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