Astorga to Sarria
20th September to 22nd September
The next 3 rides had various incidents, another puncture for Richard, a knee injury for Debbie and Chris eating my malt loaf the latter I will never get over.
The route to O Cebreiro was arduous with at the end a 15km climb up to 4500 feet . At the top a sense of euphoria crept in and we really were so happy that we had made it and the views were so incredible it made the pain of a 3 hour climb disappear . That night we celebrated with a wonderful meal in Sarria knowing or next day was mainly downhill.
During the three days we met many interesting people all with amazing stories, the people on the Camino give you a sense of an out of world experience as one guy we met (Pedro from Holland) who had done the Camino to Santiago and was returning in reverse said “it is like being in a no mans land”.
With only 2 days riding left and a base camp in Sarria our last stop until Santiago, the sense of achievement is looming, we are all in the Camino spirit and our determination is at a high but I feel a twinge of sadness that it will come to an end soon.
Tomorrow we are heading for Palas de Rei and every minute I will savour even more so.
Pablo from Holland speaking:
ReplyDeleteNomans land indeed, international indeed, as someone wrote somewhere: " This is not Spain!"
But that's another story, the basque country and or Spain, the Camino just goes on.
Nice blog, brings back good memories.