We certainly felt it today – 31 km in 33 degree heat and it took its toll. We knew the day was going to be tough, so we skipped breakfast and headed out at 6.30am. This tended to get us past the big groups of students that are walking and that was a good thing. The early morning was great to walk in but as it wore on, the heat certainly made it hard going.
This section of the Camino does have a lot of forest tracks and so we were relieved to find shade as we covered the kilometres. One of the interesting changes on this section is the the appearance of Euacalyptus forests, some clearly planted for logging purposes and others looking as though they have grown naturally.
Coming through one of the sections we were greeted by a couple playing what we discovered were Galician bagpipes and drums – so incredibly Celtic sounding and really great to get you going again.
Again, clearly the WA crew were winners – first in to the accomodation at 1.15pm …not that either of us is competive – but Lori made it through door first and I have the bruises to prove it.
We made it to our accomodation, headed straight to the showers and stayed under for an age. Dinner was a walk into town where we caught up with our crew and the topic was almost entirely focused on the disbelief that the we were almost at mission accomplished….two days to go.