Day 32 - VdA to Las Herrerias

Today was HUGE! Here I was thinking it would be a light 23km day, but nope!... it turned out to be about 29km!!

So we all decided to take the alternate scenic route via Pradela out of Villafranca (as opposed to walking on bitumen along a highway - yeah nah!) ... the climb was ridiculously steep and long! However, the views on the way up and on top were spectacular!! What a feat... I can seriously do hard things!!

There was a little albergue up top that made chestnut cake with the local produce ...so I obliged and had some....soooo good! 👌 ... pretty sure I burnt that off going downhill for the next 5km! 😬

I had some nice chats today with a lovely couple from Italy, a couple from Chicago & a lady from Maine!
Somehow, the topic of age came up, and the Italian couple would not believe me when I said I was 50! They were genuinely surprised... the lady said 'but you look like just a girl!!' 🤣...and her husband asked to see my passport!! 😂....made my day!! 🩷

I met with the girls for dinner and Sangria! Accom tonight is at La Pandela. We came out of the restaurant and lo and behold there are 3 horses just going for a wander on the road.. no owner in sight!!

Tomorrow, we climb to the top of O'Cebreiro ... it's an 8km climb rising to 1300m above sea level, but we're already at 700m so it's not too bad I guess.... compared to today's mountain, anything is possible!!Read more