Monday 10 October 2011

Mon 10 Oct - Off to Finisterre an another bright sunny day. Started at 0800 so that we did not have to walk too far in the dark (it is still dark until about 0830!) as we were not sure how well the way would be marked. However, after walking 23 kms today I can say that up to now the path has been marked better than at just about any other time on the camino. In fact so far instead of the annoying 0.5 km markers we have instead markers to 3 decimal places - I really want to know that there are 74.235 kms to go!! Good walk out of SdC and a good view looking back to see the cathedral backlit by the sunrise. In fact it would appear that the cathedral has been built the wrong way round as the view coming from Finisterre is much better and the cathedral more visable!!!!! A very good and green walk today with plenty of variety. It would actually make a very good tourist hike of 3 to 5 days to Finisterre with a bit of effort from the authorities to get a few more facilities on the route - but I am sure that will not happen. Supposedly, less than 5% of perigrenos go on to F, but we have seen quite a few on the path today and many have been turned away from the AdP as it is full. Forgot to mention that yesterday when we arrived at the cathedral in SdC there was a Porche meeting with about 50 cars lined up in front of the cathederal - Ian took this as divine guidance!!!! In Negreira now and arrived at about 1330. Now our routines are qute slick it can make the afternoons quite dull as the towns are closed until about 1700 and there is little to do. Also, walking on, even with the desire and energy is not really an option as we would arrive at the next AdP at about 1500 or later and there is a strong probability that they would be full. Also by Archos tablet PC has stopped charging so I have a restricted amount of time to read my books on it. Should be a very quiet night and we expect to go back to COP tomorrow as we think the signs should still be good.

1 comment:

  1. Congratulations to you both from C & M

    Maybe, the extra detail in the mile markers is a subtle hint to speed the exit of the walkers :-)

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