Day 22, Triacastela to Sarria, 19km

Firstly, apologies for not posting at our normal time. We met up with our Dutch friends and 1 beer led to a few too many. A bottle of cheap red wine with dinner meant I was in no condition to summarize the day.
Slight hangover this morning so this post is 24hrs late. Struggling to remember the day. Believe it or not, it's my first for the whole trip.

Yesterday. Finally, a short day. A long uphill for an altitude gain of 500m. Equally long descent which caused tall Paul a lot of discomfort. He is being very stoic and remains absolutely determined to reach Santiago.
I was ahead on the trail and chatting to a delightful French girl. We completely missed a turnoff and 20 minutes later realized our mistake. Google maps came in very handy . An extra 3 kms covered. Tall Paul also missed the turn off but realized way earlier than us.
Beautiful countryside all day. Lots of small hamlets with cow poop all over the roads. The farmers live right beside the cow yards/barns so spend a life time surrounded by the not so pleasant poop smell. Very old fashion farming environment/techniques. No idea how it's anywhere near viable for the farmers. Perhaps Common Market subsidies are part of the equation. Old pathways most of the day. Have been in use for centuries. We caught up with friends from previous sections and hopefully we arrive in Santiago on the same day. We are staying 2 nights so will keep an eye on arrival s. 115km to go.Read more