• Bron PlaskowskiEl Camino de SantiagoTraveler
    Thanks to Roxanne I now know it's a Horreo, traditionally used to store grain, vegetables and corn.
    The first town this morning 2 miles up the road and street lights almost every step of the way.The wisdom wall - motivational snippets, 'one foot in front of the other' is all the wisdom you needNot quite 10 and not quite green, but still reminded me of the song.Been quite all morning then all of a sudden.I'm thinking very much the same for my shoes once I'm done.It looks old and the Roman numerals give it that feel, but I think it says 1999.Was surprised to see the huge shell design behind the alter.

    The Penultimate Day of Walking

    October 17, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    The last 26 miles to go and two days to do them. I did suggest having just one long walk and banging it all out today, but Carol wasn't having any of it. I thought it would have been really nice to have walked into Santiago late this afternoon pretty much on our own and really have the chance to take it all in. Rather than stuck in the middle of a noisy procession tomorrow.

    We had set off at 07:20 to try and cover the two miles to Arzua, a proper town, and get through there before most people got on the road, which we managed to do. However, we didn't take into account the people who get transported for parts of the route and walk certain sections, as about 3hrs in it felt crowded all of a sudden. It turned out to be the kids we had seen on the trail a couple of days ago. Apparently there are about 70 thirteen/fourteen year olds from Madrid. They were still firmly tucked up in bed when we left this morning, as they stayed in the same hostel as we did last night and were still banging about upstairs at gone midnight.

    Another lucky day with the weather, we somehow managed to avoid the rain and got in before a short but heavy shower in the afternoon.

    Today's finish town was little more than a collection of various accommodations and cafes, restaurants and bars, to accommodate people from 3 different Camino routes, Frances, Primativo and Norte. So we had a relaxing afternoon and evening in preparation for a very early start tomorrow.

    Ribadiso to OPedrouzo
    Distance: 13:48 miles
    Time: 4hrs 48mins
    Speed: 2.9 mph    Read more