Day 26: El Ganso - Molinesca

The mornings company was young Anton from Berlin! A really earnest guy trying to learn all he can from everyone else, we had a great chat. He's also about 6'6 and his pace as we climbed up the mountain was ridiculous, but we managed (or he slowed for me).

The view from the top was lovely! I dropped a rock at the famous cruz de ferro, which id been given at SJPP, and as I was already pretty damp from the rain elected to push on. First we had a steep incline, potentially to the highest point in the whole camino, and now the descent. It was pretty tough going as it got colder and wetter, both physically and then later mentally.

Unsure of whether to push onto Pontferrada I arrived in Molinesca and couldn't go past. An incredibly quaint village by a stream! The feet were also relieved after two 30+ days and i was very keen to dry off.

After a visit to the church, i parked up on the balcony for a pretty well earned beer. Time to recap the days language learning from my podcasts! Super relaxing.Read more