Newcomers at Sarria to liven things up

Because I am not stopping at the main stages I seem to be having quite sociable mornings and then mostly solo afternoons where I only encounter a couple of people. Today started with breakfast of coffee and yesterdays Santiago cake with the group of 4 ladies I stayed withe last night. Then on the road from Melide I encountered a cast of characters including Clay from Philadelphia who was doing with his mum in memory of his Dad who had always wanted to do it, a chap from Venezuela who I keep running into who was doing it in memory of his mum who died 7 months previously. He tacked the Camino onto competing in a 100km race in the mountains in Catalonia which he completed in 14 hours and 50 mins and came 2nd in his age category, fair play!! Tony who is an old Brunel guy who is going to introduce me to some old alumni and Edrika from the Czeck Republic who started in Bayonne and had done the North Coast route which is apparently waaay harder than this one 🤣🤣. Gorgeous solitary walk this afternoon to A Salceda and beautiful heart attack fatty dinner with German guy I keep encountering in the afternoons as we have same idea about staying off main stages. Saw a comet trail before trying and failing to take some arty shots of the moon. Then straight to bed in a room with just one other woman so didn't even need my earplugs, a rare treat. All the hostels now seem to be using codes to get in instead of having a 10 or 9pm curfew, so it is nice to be treated like an adult again, although I am still in bed before 9.30 😃Read more