Yesterday and today were supposed to be 30km days. Tomorrow a storm is supposed to roll in with sprinkles in the afternoon and then dumping pretty good for the next three days. Due to weather and exhaustion, we decided to make yesterday and today 20km days and take a taxi between Lalín and Silleda. That would put us where we needed to be to get to Santiago before the storm.

I usually don’t post about injuries, but I had a double blister on one foot. One was infected. Last night it was difficult to walk. I went to the pharmacy and bought a syringe, cleaned out the infection and injected the blister with Betadine. This morning I woke up and the blister was all dried up and no pain whatsoever. I usually apply a protective layer to my feet to prevent blisters, today was the first day since May 2nd that I went with just socks. My feet are tired but no sore spots.

Today we went through Galician farm land. Rolling hills, fresh cut hay, wild flowers and… ever present smell of cows and their biproducts… today was especially aromatic – almost to the point of cow manure flavored chewing gum – all day long. It’s beautiful here…

Not a lot of photos but a nice walk. Tomorrow’s walk into Santiago is almost 100% asphalt suburbia – all 21km of it. It will be a slog, but it will be done.