Meeting up with John and Mo
after today's walk
I (Jenny) took a 'sickie´ today. Just knew I wouldn´t make the 19km with a streaming cold and no energy and potentially more rain. But ...... the sun did come out finally and it has been rain free at last - hurrah!
John, Mo and Ruth left the apartment about 9am and I had a slow, lazy start. I took the 10.30am bus to O Pedrousa after coffee with 2 Frenchmen - Serge and Jean Claude -who were taking the bus to Santiago. They had done the camino twice before and wanted to miss the last etape (which passess the airport apparently) in order to save time and walk to Finesterre.
I signed in at the Albergue Edreira when it opened at midday and claimed beds in the dormitory for the four of us. It is very new and modern, clean and practical but never the less, sleeping is still communal, albeit in a large airy room. So John will have his first experience of snorers and screamers.
I am sure I made the right decision to rest today as I am starting to feel much better and feel I can tackle the walk into Santiago tomorrow feeling relatively human. With rain, illness and exhaustion, it was hard to keep up the momentum to finish at all. I sense everyone who has been on the road for a long time feels similarly - it is time to go home ......
One of many memorials en route
- not much to thank God for there???
John,Ruth and I walked through eucalyptus woods and pleasant paths today. Thankfully it was dry and cool. There were a number of inclines to cope with, not helped by the mountain bikers who have plagued us. At one point a whole group of them came down the path at speed, shouting ´buen camino´ making us leap out of their way. John was not pleased and swore at them. There was a constant stream of people walking the camino with day packs and some with back up vehicles waiting at various points. It´s difficult for us sloggers to feel that they are doing it right. Also met a group of 35 Irish people doing the last 100km from Saria to Santiago. Nice people but more of a walking holiday than a pilgrimage.
The world cup starts tonight, John demanding a bar!! Mo
......50kms to go!
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