Camino Frances 2022 - day 2 walking

Sarria to Portomarin.

25.6km

We were off by 7:20 and set off in the semi-darkness of the morning.

The morning was bright but nice and cool for walking.

We found the 100km marker but it had definently been moved since we were there last time - it was 1-2km further on than it was before (so has Santiago moved nearer!).

We had a break for Cola Cau (hot chocolate) and cake and there were a few showers as we went but nothing too bad.

Our second stop of the day was at a new place that had opened, it was run by an American guy and a British guy who had walked the Camino in 2021 and bought the house and were getting it ready.

We got the the albergue and made beds and then I went out and found food for later - rice, grated cheese, meatballs, soup, yogurt and some fruit each.

I headed into the trown square so that Mum could see me waving on the webcam there (http://www.crtvg.es/crtvg/camaras-web/portomarin).

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