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You found a safe place such as an inn (if you had money) or a pilgrim hospital or monastic hospital (if you had no money).

Monastic and pilgrim hospitals were not places for treating the sick (they were called infirmaries) - hospitals were places of hospitality and free accommodation for a short period (often just one night). In many cases people had to sleep on a pile of straw on a stone floor. In these establishments simple food would also be provided, as well as a chapel for prayer, which pilgrims would certainly have always used.

It follows that a journee (a day's travel) had to be carefully planned to allow overnight stops at safe places - sleeping outdoors was extremely dangerous because of outlaws and robbers, unless you happened to be in a large group with armed men included.

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