Lavacolla from Tabernavella

Relatively gentle day, our last 'full' walk of 24.5km.... which seems remarkably easy compared to how it felt 40-something days ago. The human body is remarkable for its adaptability. The human mind is remarkably adaptable as well, but I think that's another post.

The views and forests continue to inspire smiles but not so much to inspire photos, it seems. I only took a few, but I promise: it was lovely.

The weather was delightfully cool and breezy with scattered clouds: perfect for a quick stroll. We had fun.

Update on "we": somewhere along the way Bruce and I combined with Jaime, Klara, Jayne, and Angelique of UK, Germany, USA and The Netherlands. We had some stalkers from Texas for a while but they noped out yesterday and leapt ahead to Santiago to luxuriate in an AirBnB instead of our humble albergue tonight. Can't blame 'em. We hope to share some cheer tomorrow.

Highlight of today was stopping in the woods to listen to a beautiful voice echoing through the valley. A lone man was walking along the road- possibly a Pilgrim, maybe not- and singing opera at full volume. I was tickled by how impressive his vocal power is, and accompanied by birdsong and morning light filtering through the trees it was a moving experience for me.

We also enjoyed two solid breakfasts, some pretty doors, amazing flowers, plenty of laughs, and meeting a few other pilgrims now that various Camino routes have converged.

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