Day 9 Siguero to Santiago de Compostela

Final day and the weather God's were being kind to us...no rain. We set out after a lovely breakfast and headed off into the woods. It is remarkable that despite being so close to a big city, the path led us for most of the way through farmland and forests. We had a small stop along the way and met up with an English family (kids of about 7 or 8 years old) that we have bumped into a few times in the rain. It was great to see that the kids were still enjoying themselves and were just getting on with it. I also got chatting with two retired ladies from Winchester; they were also on their third Camino. One of them lost her husband following a Camino from Porto and had completed the Francais last year and spread her husband's ashes along the way. I told Pilar, who then promptly started to cry. We arrived in Santiago late afternoon to the sound of bagpipes and spent some time on the square before collecting our Compostela and heading for the hotel. This Camino was very different in many ways, but enjoyable all the same.Read more