A cold and foggy start to the day but I don't mind because you know once the sun rises and burns it off the day will be beautiful. There were many walkers on the path today, the Camino Norte walkers also begin to join in too, they follow the northern coastline of Spain, we walked the Santander to Gijon section of this Camino route. After having a gripe yesterday about the litter left by Pilgrims, I noticed that after Arzúa, the local Council has placed wheelie bins at very regular intervals and there's a lot less mess. Also having a pee in the bushes is almost impossible because of the foot traffic. And there are so many bars that are open. The walk today was easy. The path is wide and the surface often well maintained. We made good time despite several food and coffee stops. Second breakfast was a bocadilla filled with tortilla. Probably more calories than we needed. My hunger has reduced now that the walking is so much easier. We both vacuumed our food when we were in the hills of Asturias. After a post shower bite to eat (Pimentos de Padron again) we took a walk around O Pedrouzo and as you do on the Camino found ourselves at the Church. Evening Mass was under way and we slipped into the back of the full Congregation. A few locals but mostly devout Pilgrims, some we'd said "Buen Camino" to during the day's walk. The Catholic Mass is familiar to me from my school days and despite it being in Spanish (obviously), I could tell that the Priest gave a cracking sermon and a special blessing to all the peregrinos. It was an opportunity for us to remember a dear friend on the anniversary of his death and be part of what is good about the Church. Tomorrow we walk the last 20kms into Santiago de Compostella.
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Clive Norfolk
3/10/2016 07:16:29 pm
Cronulla won the NFL grand final for the first time....(knew you are excited by that).
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Andrea Schoenheimer
4/10/2016 05:06:08 am
By the time you read this you will probably be in San Diego 👏👌
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