Saturday 8 October 2011

Sat 8 Oct - Good room last night with towels and sheets and as we did not plan to walk more than 20 kms we intended to have a lie in. Strange how all of a sudden not only are the Spanish up past 0300 making noise but they seemed to congregate under our room's window at 0600!! Got up at 0700 and left at 0730 with a plan to walk to a AdP that we booked via the hotel last night. Got to the right area and asked at another hotel where the AdP was and they said 'go right and it is 600m up the road'. Well after walking around for about 45mins we gave in and carried on along the camino. We knew that the next place was going to be about 6 or 7 km along the track. Finally found a place to stay at about 1430 afteer walking 30kms! However, it is a 4 star hotel and at 50 euros (special pelegrenos rate ) inc breakfast for the 2 of us it is a good deal. The internet is free as well! Given that during the camino the hotels have always seemed to have the best food for the 'pilgrim's menu' then tonight's meal at 15 euros pp should be good. It would seem that 80 euros for dinner bed and breakfast inc internet for the 2 of us is a good deal. I also phoned ahead to book another AdP in SdC for tomorrow, but hopefuly we can find it easily as it is very near the cathederal. That said we only have about 10kms ro go to SdC in the morning so if we can find some accom a part of the way on the route to Finisterre we may just walk through................ As I have said before, a lot of people join the camino at the 100kms point and many more on the way - especially a day out for SdC do they can walk to mass. However, the newbies are very obvious. Not only because they have smarter and more pressed clothes but also because they are still taking photos of every camino sign and they find the little hills a struggle. Most significant is their lack of practice at getting out of the AdPs quietly in the morning. By now, those that have been on the route from weeks can get out of bed, pick up their bags and walk straight out of the communial areas with the minimum of noise and fuss.

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