Scores on the doors 27.4km up 224m down 395m
Today was to be a short day! 25km to Sarria with a stop at the monastery at Samos, a piece of cake.
We started fairly early at 7:35, Lesley had not had aa good night on account of my snoring, a result of this cough and cold I started a couple of weeks before we came here, which I just can't throw, it's ok during the day but comes back at night and first thing in the morning.
Our first stop was a busy cafe for breakfast, of coffee and toast (the biggest so far). We also availed ourselves of their Internet, receiving messages from pilgrim friends in Belgium and France.
Then it was off on the road with less than 100 miles to travel. After an initial start on a path alongside the main road, we then turned right into a hamlet and then followed an undulating path along side a river, through woods full of sweet chestnuts
passing through hamlets and farms that reminded me of walking through Hoathwaite farm in the English Lake District.
The road took us along a path over looking the monastery at Samos, a Benedictine Monastery,
That had links to the great monastery at Cluny now ruined but so close to Taize which has made a diffrence in so many young peoples life including my own.
We decided to go on the tour of the monastery as it only cost 3€ each and was worth every penny, the English guide sheet was great the translation literal but inaccurate and even beat the "Jam and eggs" we had seen in a number of places, our favorite being the church being divided into three ships rather than three naves.
Tour over it was back on the road, I had glanced at one of the guide books who had suggested that we followed the river all the way into Sarria, we began to follow a river, then after a couple of Km's we went up hill and off into the country, like dutifully pilgrims we followed the yellow arrows which became sparcer and sparcer, we began to doubt and considered going back, but in the end kept the faith and hit the other trail from Triacadtela via San Xai. After another hour we ended up in Sarria and eventually. Found a room in a Hotel, with wi-fi in all the rooms.
Sarria is about 120 km from Santiago and 100k is the minimum for getting a compostella, from this point on idealy we need two stamps in our pilgrims pasports each day,
to get our Compestella, but if we forget, the fact we started in Le Puy should count in our favour.
After getting a stamp from the church we went and got food and had a long conversation with Christina from America, who I've promised to send my Paella recipe to her, then back to the hotel to publish bloggs and go to sleep.
Today was to be a short day! 25km to Sarria with a stop at the monastery at Samos, a piece of cake.
We started fairly early at 7:35, Lesley had not had aa good night on account of my snoring, a result of this cough and cold I started a couple of weeks before we came here, which I just can't throw, it's ok during the day but comes back at night and first thing in the morning.
Our first stop was a busy cafe for breakfast, of coffee and toast (the biggest so far). We also availed ourselves of their Internet, receiving messages from pilgrim friends in Belgium and France.
Then it was off on the road with less than 100 miles to travel. After an initial start on a path alongside the main road, we then turned right into a hamlet and then followed an undulating path along side a river, through woods full of sweet chestnuts
The road took us along a path over looking the monastery at Samos, a Benedictine Monastery,
We decided to go on the tour of the monastery as it only cost 3€ each and was worth every penny, the English guide sheet was great the translation literal but inaccurate and even beat the "Jam and eggs" we had seen in a number of places, our favorite being the church being divided into three ships rather than three naves.
Tour over it was back on the road, I had glanced at one of the guide books who had suggested that we followed the river all the way into Sarria, we began to follow a river, then after a couple of Km's we went up hill and off into the country, like dutifully pilgrims we followed the yellow arrows which became sparcer and sparcer, we began to doubt and considered going back, but in the end kept the faith and hit the other trail from Triacadtela via San Xai. After another hour we ended up in Sarria and eventually. Found a room in a Hotel, with wi-fi in all the rooms.
Sarria is about 120 km from Santiago and 100k is the minimum for getting a compostella, from this point on idealy we need two stamps in our pilgrims pasports each day,
After getting a stamp from the church we went and got food and had a long conversation with Christina from America, who I've promised to send my Paella recipe to her, then back to the hotel to publish bloggs and go to sleep.
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