After conquering the mountains we were in high spirits but also very tired so after a decent meal we were taking advantage of the private beds. Zzz’s were the order of the day.
We once again got up at 5.30 to be on Camino by 6 so we can get some cool kilometers in this morning a village called La Mesa was calling and we made great progress with the first 5k the plan being to have a nice breakfast as there was a big descent enroute today. We got to the village and found a nice bench and started eating. No sooner had we done that but this all best friendly daft white Labrador started jumping over us trying to get our food. This turned into an elongated process like a comedy sketch as he tried to steal anything we had including alcohol gel. We rescued our stuff and continued walking down the road where the dog soon ran after a nearby cat just as we found and albergue with a cafe. We stopped in and it was very modern and had coffee and a pan au chocolat. Filled with good spirits and now having the light with us we started the descent an everlasting shale dust path descent through dense woods and some areas that had seen fire in recent years.
The views of the reservoirs below and mountains were stunning tho. We eventually joined the road and crossed a hydro electric dam with lots of creepy abounded industrial buildings whilst joking it would make a great set for a bond movie.
With all good things that coming down brings we then had to join the road and travel up the other side of the valley and made our way to a hotel overlooking the whole thing for refreshments.
The last day or two we have seen a transformation in Karen’s approach and attitude on Camino I think it may have clicked and she is getting in the grove. She is certainly powering up the hills and doing well on the downhills which don’t help her back.
The sun was out in force again today for us walking up the last road and the sun lotion finaly made its debut.
It was a hot slog up the final hill but the views were stunning. The last few km are always a bitch no matter the distance , I think it’s a head thing if you could trick yourself into believing you have a longer way to go you would be fine. We finally diverted onto another Forrest trail for the last 2km then into Grandas to find the albergue. We are in a Municipal albergue so only 6 euros for the night and managed to use a washing machine and dryer on our clothes. We went out for supplies and our tea another pilgrim menu and now ready for bed. That’s you all caught up, hopefully the internet god’s will be with us from here.
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