Yesterday I walked ~28km from Mos to Pontevedra.
The landscape has changed since I moved inland and crossed into Galicia. The terrain is still mostly forest but it's hillier and it gets hotter during the day. There are fewer stucco-and-tile buildings and more stone buildings but they still have red roof tiles. There are grape trellises everywhere along the side of the road and horreos, raised stone structures which I have learned are granaries.
I find that I've acclimated well to walking so much and my legs no longer hurt after long days but I'm still quite tired in the evenings no matter how early I get in. Most nights I just shower, wash some clothes, plan for the next day and get dinner, sometimes with people.
Today I chose to leave the Central route and take the Spiritual Variant. The path goes through a beautiful fishing village where people were harvesting mussels in the low tide and then climbs a huge hill (biggest so far) to the Armenteira monastery for a total of 22km today.
I went in knowing that I didn't have a place to stay but with a couple of
... show moreYesterday I walked ~28km from Mos to Pontevedra.
The landscape has changed since I moved inland and crossed into Galicia. The terrain is still mostly forest but it's hillier and it gets hotter during the day. There are fewer stucco-and-tile buildings and more stone buildings but they still have red roof tiles. There are grape trellises everywhere along the side of the road and horreos, raised stone structures which I have learned are granaries.
I find that I've acclimated well to walking so much and my legs no longer hurt after long days but I'm still quite tired in the evenings no matter how early I get in. Most nights I just shower, wash some clothes, plan for the next day and get dinner, sometimes with people.
Today I chose to leave the Central route and take the Spiritual Variant. The path goes through a beautiful fishing village where people were harvesting mussels in the low tide and then climbs a huge hill (biggest so far) to the Armenteira monastery for a total of 22km today.
I went in knowing that I didn't have a place to stay but with a couple of fallback plans. Luckily I met another woman who was also trying to stay in the monastery and there was a chance cancellation so we got a room at the monastery together. Apparently the nuns make their own soap!
