Day 38: Santiago - Negreira

Feeling like the last survivors, Marco, Inés, Anne-Cécile and I began the walk to Finisterre. Absolutely stunning! A beautiful forest with moss and trees, and the occasional Australian eucalyptus which was nice. With everyone running a final errand or two in Santiago we only started walking at about 2pm, our usual arrival time.

A few of the bodies felt a little rusty after a lovely few days break, so progress was a little slow, but we all get along very well so it was a good day. With everyone being French speaking I received some good French speaking lessons and tips. Absolutely ridiculous language.

Marco, being the legend he is, had dinner ready when we got to our albergue at 7:30pm. My contribution was leftover beers, which carried in the pack for all day isn't a bad effort. Everyone is pretty exhausted, so a low key recovery night tonight.Read more