Wednesday 5 October 2011

Day 25 Monday Oct. 3-11

7 am start, cold, dark and hilly!!!  Does it sound like fun????  NOT !  We hiked till 10 amñ it took us from an elevation of 660 m to 1337 m.  over a distance of 8.5 km.   Very taxing but fortunately it was relatively col except for the last couple of kms.  As we had only eaten fruit before our hike we stopped in O Cebreiro and had a very nice sandwish - warm friend egg with ham.  O Cebreiro is famous for its cheese so Sandy bought a round and we added that to our sandwich.  Cheese was excellent. We never did find out if it was goat or sheep cheese.  We had a couple of nice coffees, broke out our biscuits and had more cheese.  O Cebeiro is famous for the cheese, celtic huts called pollozas , and a miracle, but we never did find out what the miracle was!  We thought we had finished climbing but we had ot.  All 20 k  was climbing.  We had lemonade in Alto da Poio and then walked a further 2 km to our destination Fonfria.  We have a private room for 4 with shower for 13 euros each.  We threw our packs in the room and before showers hit the bar for beer.  Who should we meet checking in but Gayle and Derek from Victoria who joined us for beer and potato chips.  Soon Irish Hilly arrived to join us. The it was laundry and showers.  :..It was a pilgrims dinner tonight....at a huge long table in the alberque.  After dinner we again went to the bar for some conversation with pilgrims we knew.
All in all it was a good day, people to talk to relieved the bordem of the evening. 

2 Comments:

At 5 October 2011 at 12:55 , Blogger Marion Maxwell said...

Just a quick note. Had a meeting last night, all going well. There were only 11 of us. Jan happy anniversary! I trust you will celebrate when you get home :-) I have a gift for you and will drop it at your house. Keep on trekking girls ;-)

 
At 5 October 2011 at 20:42 , Blogger kildarian said...

Pilgrimage .. beginning to sound like a new word for an old fashioned pub-crawl! Glad that spirits (no pun intended) are so much better than a few days ago. Keep on walking ladies!
Martin.

 

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