Las Herrias to Tricastela

We started early this morning, out the door at 6.30. 29kms today and climbing to 1300m over 8kms. To be honest, we were a little worried about this so-called mountain, however, we crushed it and we were having breakfast at 9am...we even met the Italian couple on the way up, which was cool.

Lunch was planned at the 20km mark, which left us with a downhill of 9 km to our destination. Breakfast turned into an hour it was a great cafe. The next 11 km to lunch was ok terrain wise, however it rained all the way.

We found (by chance) a great cafe for lunch. The girls and I had burgers (plus a beer for me) while Michelle had two coffees and cake...we met a guy from Ireland who told us that his return flights to Spain cost him 80 euro...wow. We didn't want to leave, however, after an hour, we had to get on our wet gear and get back on the way and tackle the last 10kms, which was all downhill.

As we walked, the rain eased, the clouds parted, but the wind picked up. In summary, today was not the best weather wise, but we put our heads down and walked. The scenery was awesome, and the time spent walking as a family was amazing. I am very proud of Emily and Lucy... with no training (they never walked with their backpacks in NZ), they are doing it pretty easy, with no complaints, and they are enjoying meeting people from all across the world..

We arrived at our destination in the rain and were grateful to have a nice hotel to stay at. Tomorrow is a rest day just 18kms... happy days. Only 140kms to go in 5 days.Read more