Camino Primitivo Sep 14

Sep 14, Pedrouzo to Santiago

21.6 km, 4.5 hrs

The plan was to start very early, 4am, so we could arrive at Monte do Gozo just as the sun was rising. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_do_Gozo

Ramona chose to walk to Santiago on her own for a variety of reasons. The four of us left right on time and enjoyed the darkness under a full moon. As temperatures have risen here again we were warm enough in shorts and a long sleeve tee. Headlamps were only needed when the darkness enveloped us in the various wooded portions of trail.

A light breakfast of yogurt, bananas and juice had started us off fine but as 7am arrived such joy to spot an open bar both for a bathroom break as well as coffee 😉.

It was still five kilometres into the city. There were already a lot of Pilgrims in the square as they arrive from all directions of the various Camino routes entering the city. We took a while to absorb it all, then photos of us and the Cathedral. It was much larger than I imagined and I look forward to seeing some of it in the next couple of days.

So amazing to stand here! Eventually we headed off to receive our Compostela (completion certificate). We attended the Pilgrim Mass at noon in one of the smaller churches – packed with pilgrims!

We’ll meet the group for dinner at 7:30. Hope you all have enjoyed sharing our travelling adventure with us.

Adiós a todos.