Today I was up quite early but didn't have a huge day of walking ahead of me so had a leisurely 2 hour breakfast exchanged some stories with Nathanial and left at about 9:30am. Today the goal was about 16km to O'porrino - unfortunately the way marking was terrible today and I continuously got lost! I guess I am also feeling very run down and even just walking 20km hurts now! Anyway some good news tonight I an off to visit my good friend Inma in Ourense. The wa...

This morning I was up at 7:15am as there were a number of Pilgrims making a lot of noise and talking loudly - not to complain though they were probably excited :) Anyways I met some really great people last night 1 girl from Holland and a brother and sister from Madrid and we shared a meal together and a load of laughs. So this morning everyone raced out of the Albergue by 8am but us 4 took our sweet time chatting having a long breakfast and didn't leave till a...

After not a lot of sleep last night due to Mosquitos and my burnt lip I was up at 4am to say goodbye to my Portuguese friends. I decided to go back to bed for few hours but still get an earlyish start as there was rain expected. I took off by about 8:15am and there was rain for most of the morning - just drizzle really on and off not really enough to warrant rain gear but I did cover my pack. The aim today was to reach Pontevedra 18km by 1pm as Pontevedra Alber...

After another brilliant nights sleep and a bit of a lay in I set off at about 9:30 this morning. Thankfully the cloud cover had cleared and there were blue sky's ahead. The aim today was to make it to Briallos - about 16km but learning from yesterday's mishaps I added an extra 5-10km for getting lost! The weather was exceptionally beautiful today and it wasn't long before the jumper was off! The scenery today was breathtaking and somewhat tropical - I had a ne...

After popping a sleeping pill I was able to sleep like a gem and didn't get up until 7:45 when all the lights were on and all the pilgrims were on the move. I decided to leave as late as possible today as I only aimed to walk 10km. Just as I was leaving it started to rain so out with the rain gear. About an hour down the road the rain had stopped so I packed poncho away but this was just one of several downpours for the day! One thing I am noticing straight awa...