Day 13 &14 - The Pilgrimage Concludes
A step back to yesterday.... Because we had far to go (27.3 km, ~18 miles) and some chronic weariness was evident, we sprang from our beds (figuratively) and began walking before dawn (literally). One gentleman ahead of us had a headlamp, which helped us also. Things went well and the early start was cool, but without rain. We made good progress and had much enjoyable hiking. Our most fun part was when we stopped for lunch with 10km (6.2 miles) to go. We made grocery store sandwiches and ate them on a little bridge wall. We noticed an older man walking toward us, in the opposite direction of the Camino. We both looked up to greet him, and simultaneously had to supress laughter! It was a farmer with a scythe on his shoulder. His knowing grin naturally suggested that Death would greet us on the Camino, or having him come to us. This caused a needed moment of levity...and we started to walk again. As you might guess, the Camino kept offering us hills to climb, all the way until ...