• Boat trip to Padron

    October 2, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Writing this post at 2:40 in the afternoon, waiting for the San Antonio Monastery at Herbon, near Padron, to open.
    We left the hotel at around 8 and walked the 10 minutes down to the dock to catch the 8:30 boat to Padron. It was a cool and cloudy morning, but luckily no rain as it was a smallish, open boat and we would've been soaked if it had rained. The trip took about 1:15 and covered over 30km, so it was a lot easier than walking all day.
    It worked out well because we had some seafood with dinner last night, and it didn't agree with Lynn's stomach, so she didn't have a great sleep and is pretty tired today.
    We said goodbye to a few more people then had a look around Padron, and walked the 3k to the Monastery albergue. Padron is only 25k from Santiago, and some people are walking there straight away, but we had a couple of extra days and have an albergue booked tomorrow night about 10k from Santiago.
    So a very easy day today, 15k tomorrow then 10k into Santiago on Wednesday morning.
    p.s. Just noticed a small blister on the top of the second toe on my left foot! Don't know how long it's been there but we've only walked a few km's today 🤔
    Read more