15 km hike to our wonderful pension, Casa Amancio in the little village of Vilamaior, at the top of a hill of course to give the already long hike a final say. Maybe the nicest pension we have stayed in. Private double suite for Judy and I plus single suite for Prudence.
The hike started great, and we had a couple of stops for refreshments before getting to the airport. We had a mixup where Judy and I ducked into an info booth too reserve hotels for Vilamaior and Santiago, and in spite of us keeping an eye out for Prudence, she went by and got ahead of us. Thinking we were ahead she double timed it, so we triple timed it to catch up, which we did in maybe 1 km, and the whole thing took something out of us all. Anyway, with the hilly last 4 km and the final climb to Vilamaior we had to dig deep today, a day we thought would be short.
Penny (still on crutches) and Andrew are staying in Arca to rest up, and will not arrive in Santiago until our rest day. We will not have much time to catch up before we leave. Penny has had to dig deep every day.
Tomorrow we complete the hike into Santiago, an approximately 8 km walk (we estimate), and have two nights in a good hotel there before heading via train to Madrid for a day and the flight home Monday the 14th.
Photos: shots of our suite, arrival at outskirts of Santiago, fine new stonework enroute.
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