Rio Alto to Antas 21km with an additional about 5km wandering back and forth.
A Good Start
How pleasurable it is to wake up all cosy and warm under a sleeping bag, in a little room not
Rio Alto to Antas 21km with an additional about 5km wandering back and forth.
How pleasurable it is to wake up all cosy and warm under a sleeping bag, in a little room not
6:50am. It’s dark outside as we unlock the front door of the hotel and let ourselves out, leaving the key on the desk at reception. An owl in a nearby tree
It was with sadness in my heart that we left Portugal today. While the walk was hard and I could have quit quite a few times, in the end it’s the good times that will
Last night six Englishmen were also eating at the restaurant where we went for the best pulpo (octopus) I’ve ever had and to watch the world cup England v Wallabies game.
Wearing freshly laundered (again at no cost) clothes, I put off pulling on my still soaking wet boots until I could procrastinate no longer. We let ourselves out of the hotel at 8:00am. My feet
Packing up to leave this morning our credenciales were not where they should be. We have these documents stamped wherever we stay and a few places in between. We looked everywhere but they seemed to
We slept in and took advantage of the hotel breakfast. A toasted sandwich never tasted so good. Sampling the fruit we were given yesterday was a nice surprise. The size and shape of
Today the walk from San Amaro to Pontecescures was pretty much the same as yesterday. Apart from a few more pilgrims including two couples walking against the flow from Santiago-with dogs! And sheep either
We walked from Pontecesures to Santiago, arriving a day earlier than expected.
I write this as we stand in the queue to get our compostelas.