Time Departed: 9.10 am
Time Arrived: 2.30 pm
Distance: 20 kms
Cumulative Distance: 769 kms
Percentage Completed: 97%
Weather: Fog, very cloudy, cool
Accommodation: Hotel O Pino
Feelings: Henk - Happy, Neil - Excited, Di - Happy
We had a late start as our breakfast wasn't served until eight thirty. We walked back along the country, dirt lane with all the dogs barking at as again. The Camino path followed Arzua's footpath through the functional town to a pretty wooded path. It was very overcast with fog for most of the morning and wet underfoot but we were fortunate that it didn't rain.
The walk was quite an easy undulating one and once again through many eucalyptus forests. There were no towns but minor hamlets of houses and farms.
We got a lovely surprise at our first break at Calzada where there was a modern cafe on the path. Americans Peggy and George were there. We were very pleased to see them as we haven't come across them since Carrion de Los Condes on Day 21.
They walked with Canadians Lisa and Bill for quite sometime and plan to meet them at Santiago de Compostela on Tuesday evening. We hope to meet up with them also on Tuesday evening if it can be arranged. This will be done via our emails. We spent some time catching up on our walking adventures.
There seems to be many Australians on the path. We left Peggy and George at the cafe as they were having a longer break. They were only walking thirteen kilometres today. We met four Aussie women from central NSW and spent most of the remainder of the walking day talking to them. They started their walk a few days ago at O Cebreiro and were thoroughly enjoying it. The walk goes very quickly when we talk.
At twelve thirty we arrived at a busy cafe at Salceda and it was a good time to stop for lunch. The outside tables were wet from a shower which we obviously had missed but we managed to wipe it down and sat out in the cool. The cafe had about one hundred t-shirts hanging from its ceiling.
Rua is a very small hamlet. We found the only place in the area serving dinner about a half a kilometre away from our hotel. We had an enjoyable last meal on the path. It's hard to believe that tomorrow night we will be in a large city and our walk will be finished.
We now have less than 20 kms to go to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. We won't make the 12 noon Pilgrim Mass so that will be the next day as it is a daily occurrence. We are not sure how we will feel as we walk towards the Cathedral. It will be 42 days since the start of our walk at St Jean Pied de Port. It seems a long time ago.
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