Wednesday 1 July 2015

Day 31 Finisterre to Santiago by coach

We caught the 0820 bus to Santiago which took 1 hour 20 minutes to get to Santiago, I did not enjoy the queuing.


We found our hotel then had a drink and then went for some lunch. We were joined by a lady called Judy whom we met at our hotel.


Time for a quick bit of shopping.





After shopping it was time for dinner and a last chance for some prawns.


Time to select our favourite DOB 

Mine was:



Matts was:


Yottys was:



My favourite photos were:




Yottys were:




Matts were:




What a fantastic time we have had, we hope you have enjoyed our journey across Portugal and Spain, what lucky people we have been to have had such an incredible adventure..

Next year ? 
































Tuesday 30 June 2015

Day 30 Rubbernecking in Finisterre.

Woke up at 0800 and left the lads fast asleep, for the last three days we have all been sharing a room which helps keep the costs down, I had breakfast and finished yesterdays blog.
It felt strange not walking, having said that I was pleased we were not as my Achilles is very swollen on my left foot and my right knee feels as is something is grating. I think the end of the walk came just in time for me.
The lads came down for breakfast at 0930, sadly today is very overcast so I think we will not be seeing the sunset over the lighthouse.


Not a lot to report really for today, there was a market going on in town selling the usual rubbish.


I think I prefer the one on the left.


DOB


We had lunch on the water front and talked about the last months adventures.


We waved at walkers we recognised, as they walked by our table.
Two bottles of red later and a pizza we decided to go back to our hotel for a siesta.




After our siesta we decided to walk up to the lighthouse and watch the sun go down, the cloud was clearing, we were in for a real treat.
Matt bought some beers and food to take with us.




That he most definitely was.


We walked up the hill to the lighthouse, at a slower pace than we did yesterday.




This the last Camino marker on the Camino, notice the distance counter ends here.


We made our way down the rocks and got as near to the sea as we could, this was the moment we had come for; it was stunning.





We listened to music on my phone, drank beer and ate. It was one of those special moments that money just cannot buy.






The sun slowly began to set.




We put Chants d'Auvergne on and toasted Mark, then we toasted all the members of our families that are no longer with us.


What a fitting way to end our Camino.


It dawned on me today that I have walked over a 1000 miles on various Caminos, I wonder if I will make the 2000 miles.

Yotty has walked 407 miles

Matt had walked 207 miles

Tomorrow we will be judging the finest dog on a blog as well as showing our three favourite photos.

We leave for Santiago tomorrow and fly home on Thursday.

I know you will all have missed his beaming face, here is Oscar arriving in Santiago.