Camino 2013 - Day 26 - 19 December 2013

Today it was only 20km from Triacastela to Sarria. Today's lessons are that it rains almost all the time in Galicia and that most bars close at Christmas time. After leaving Triacastela we walked to the outskirts of Sarria before we had a hot drink and by 16:00 we still haven't eaten anything since breakfast. The weather today is similar to yesterday with continuous rain. We are all starting to smell like farmers, that nice aroma of manure and rain water through which we walk all day. The country side here is truly beautiful in its autumn browns and brilliant green fields and I have some lovely photos. The path was supposed to descend almost 500 meters down to Sarria but we seemed to slog uphill hour after hour and then all down hill again on broken slabs of slate covered in thick leaves, mud and water. By the time we arrived at Sarria we'd all had enough and within 2 hours all the other pilgrims had joined us and given away the idea of going on to Barbadello. And the rain continuous incessantly.