Last 100 km to Santiago

Today I have arrived in Sarria, so last 100km stretch ahead of me, pushed hard and did about 40km today, legs are a little like jelly at the moment. It´s been a hard day emotionally, I felt I needed to press on as in all honesty I miss my family and feel it´s time I finish this and get home to those I love, every step has taken me closer to them.

I've run out of credit on my mobile and can't top up with the UK short codes, i´ll see about getting a local sim so at least i can text home, but I won´t be able to twitter to the blog at the moment. The route is getting more busy with spanish doing the minimum 100km or 200km if on bike, so the hostels are getting fuller.

So to reduce the burden on local alberges I´ve checked into the Hotel Nh Alfonso IX which is about the nicest hotel in town. A long soak in my bath really made up for the cold shower yesterday in the alberge at celeiro. Such a strange day that was, a hellish climbed to the top of the mountain only to find a huge pikey market going on, bizarre.

I´m now in Galicia. The weather from the atlantic hits these mountains so had first real day of rain, well drizzle the spanish have not yet figured out proper rain yet, but they sure can do mountains.

Thanks for the support, messages etc. Sorry I have not posted more, I´ve met some really interesting people on this hike, there´s been germans, austrians, french canadian, swiss, dutch, belgiums, norwegians, french, south africans, australians, chinese, irish, english and even a couple of spanish! I will write about some of their stories when I can.

Has the experience changed me so far? I did noticed today I´ve learned, to by default walk in the shade. Perhaps my family and friends will be better judges upon my return.

Besides it´s not over yet...