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12.4 miles, elevation 345′  Surreal! I do not walk tomorrow!!! I have arrived. I can’t wrap my mind around it yet; I made the trek. The trail filled up fast all day with peregrinos from all “Ways”. Met Giancarlo, a 28 year law student, who walked from Barcelona. He lead traditional Spanish songs along theContinue reading “Rua-Pedrouzo-Labacolla-Monte de Gozo- Santiago de Compostela   Walk Day 35”

15.8 miles, 367′ elevation    The Day was a blur of activity for now the trail is a constant flow of people. Peregrinos from the Primotivo and the Franes weave together. Student groups singing and general chatter and conversations comparing the different paths. Hearing from many about the other two I’m comfortable I made the correctContinue reading “Arzua-O Pio- Santa Irene-Brea-Rua                      Walk Day 34”

15.8 miles, 354′ elevation Left Sobrado at zero dark thirty, 6am. Slept fitfully and not well. The Hotel San Marcos, though centrally located and clean, had mushy beds that bowed like bananas when you lay down. It never does my back justice when I’m forced to look up at my feet amid saggy middle portionContinue reading “Sobrado-Viarchao-O Peruxil-Castro- As Corredoiras-Boimorto-Franzomil-Arzua        Walk Day 33”

22.3 miles, 1268′ elevation The journey today took me through some interesting geography. First a high plateau that reminded me of parts of the Easter slope of the Sierras. Granite and pine and scrub oak and manzanita for two or three peaceful and flat miles. Then through a series of tiny old Galician farms untilContinue reading “Santa Leocadia-Miraz-O Meson-Moradelo-A Lagoa-Noguira-Guitiza-Sobrado Dos Monxes                                       Walk Day 32”

22.5 miles, 1247′ elevation           “This mystery seems insoluble for the very reasons that make it soluble: the excessive, outré nature of the circumstances.” E.A.Poe I finished The Club Dumas by Spanish author, Arturo Perez-Reverte last evening. A who dunnit in a classical literary book hunt, dealing with demonology and Alexander Dumas’ writing and life and times.Continue reading “Vilalba-Gabin-As Turbelas-San Xoande de Alba-Ponte de Saa-Penas-Casanovas- Ferreira-Baamonde-Santa Leocadia(taxi met took me to hotel in Parga) Walk Day 31”

15.1 miles, 2,500′ elevation The lovely female driver, Elizabeth, picked me up from the monastery at 8:00 am and drove me back to where I stopped, Abadin, and had left  the rest of the peregrinos yesterday afternoon.  It was major league foggy! Cold! Windy! I found a rare open cafe and had a cafe conContinue reading “Abadin-Martinan-GoirizAs Casonovas-A Casilla-Vilalba    Walk Day 30”

17.6 miles, 2,589′ elevation Walked out of Hospederia del Seminario de Santa Catalina at 7:50 am destined for Abadin, knowing full well a taxi would meet me at the “Town Hall” and bring me back to Mondonedo and the massive, impressive, eerily quiet Santa Catalina Monastery. “Groundhog Day” all over again! Although the day’s walkContinue reading “Mondonedo-Barbeitas-Maariz-San Vicenzo-Lousada-Gontan-Abadin   Walk Day 29”

15.5 miles, 2,389′ elevation Today I left the coast for the duration of the sojourn. That bums me out although it was a good day today. A driver from the tour company picked me up from Hotel EO, in Ribadeo and dropped me off where he picked me up yesterday, in Villamartin.  I left theContinue reading “Villamartin Grande-Gondan- SanXusto- Lourenza-Mondonedo   Walk Day 28”

16 miles, 256′ elevation   The walk was a tad lame today. First of all I woke with a high left ankle sprain, and it really is quite a mystery. Rock hoping yesterday at Cathedal beach I guess, but nothing I remember.   That and I walked only to be brought back to the town; RibadeoContinue reading “Ribadeo-Vilela-Villamartin Pequeno -Grande-Gondan- San Xusto-Lourenza(this was stupid, a taxi took me back to Ribadeo)   Walk Day 27”

swam and ambled up the coastline