Day 10: Ventosa -> San Domingo
Actually out the door by 7:30am! Rainy, cold, dark. Long walk today to San Domingo - expecting about 9 hours including a break for lunch.
Bekijk het op de interactieve kaart
Breakfast Bar
Feel like imposters in this pre-8am pilgrim land. All other early risers looking very determined, one is wearing a bandana and has a handlebar moustache. Still dark outside.
Coffee Stop
10km down, 20.9km to go
Makeshift Lunch
Cannot wrap our heads around the seemingly random lunch times at restaurants around here. Too early for this restaurant, so made do with a banana, crisps and a twix (so healthy… nat. 16km still to go today though.)
Not The Most Delightful Day
That Was Horrible But We Did It
Horrid weather that made it feel like we were walking the backstreets of Slough, long windy paths that never seemed to end, and very painful feet (both of us). The closer we got, the further the destination seemed. Had a few moments where we were both thinking ‘wtf are we even doing, let’s fly to some nice beach somewhere’. Could not have made it 10m further than the hotel. BUT we managed over 32k today so feeling proud of ourselves. Much shorter walk tomorrow. We WILL make it to Santiago. Got a nice restaurant booked for tonight but both unsure if our feet can make it there - it’s a whopping 500 metres away.
Restaurante Los Caballeros
Quite an emotional dinner after such a long, cold, rainy walk. Hobbled through torrential rain to get there. Hot Basque lamb leg and wine was amazing. Honestly such a great chef. 100000000000 stars.