Day 28 walking!

There was a very fine drizzle or mizzle and mist as we left Sarria this morning and started the climb up out of town. The way started on country lanes and then moved to forest tracks with plenty of shade. We did notice more large groups of people walking today including school or college age groups walking, probably starting in Sarria.
The morning mist cleared after couple of hours and the drizzle stopped. It was fairly cloudy most of the day, but did warm up to about 24/25 degrees. The most exciting part of today was passing the 100km to Santiago marker!! We’re really on the home straight now!
The way led through villages and hamlets, and saw cows en route and a chicken walking along the road plus horses and a dog who was happy to lay down in the middle of the quiet road! The way moved back onto country lanes as we then walked down into our destination Portomarin after about 23.5 Km. This village/town was flooded to build a dam and create a lake/reservoir and the church and a number of other older buildings were taken apart, numbered and rebuilt up the hill and now sit in a more modern setting, quite an endeavour!
We're in fairly modern Albergue, best bit no bunks and sheets and towels included, in a room for 3. Also had very nice Galician octopus on bed of boiled potatoes, so decided to include photo!
Seem to have grown more blisters today, not sure why!Read more