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[QUOTE="ficklefancyfree, post: 1195049, member: 103490"] Aloha everyone! Back in April I (mostly) walked from Reading to Southampton. Now I’m finishing this Camino by starting from A Coruna. I took an evening flight and got into Santiago at 9pm, took the €1 bus and found my hostel before 10:30. I had prebooked one night at the Albergue la Estacion and I was sent a door code and a video of the hostel beforehand. It was [I]tipping [/I]it down. As I headed to the hostel in near darkness I realised I hadn’t packed my head torch. Ah well, I can always use my phone. I picked this hostel as I was going to get on a bus in the morning so it made sense. I got in fine, grabbed what I needed out of my pack and went to the room and flung my stuff on the upper bunk, then I saw it. Plug sockets…at this point I realised I hadn’t taken a Euro adapter. So far so good, no? I plugged my phone and it’s measly 23% charge into a power pack. It kept going on and off, not good. When my battery got to 47% I gave up and unplugged it. The next morning everyone had left by 7am. Blimey, I had planned a really easy itinerary so I wasn’t in the mood to rush off. Plus it was dark outside. By 9am I was ready, made my way to the bus station and got a ticket for the next bus to A Coruna departing at 10am, arriving in A Coruna by 11am. I then proceeded to do my errands, get cash out, check. Buy a euro adapter, check. Buy tabacco, hmm all shut today. Of course it’s All Saints Day, or I think Day of the Dead. A friend back home suggested I go to a cemetery and watch families arrive and place flowers on graves, hmm I thought not. I was at the bus station and Google maps told me it was 40 minutes back the other way to reach the ‘start’, it was raining, I decided to just walk on. I was planning to get to Portazgo but after consulting BBC weather, decided to plod on a bit more and stopped at O Burgo. ‘Gusty winds with thundery showers’ are being predicted for tomorrow. Got myself a private room at Hostal o Meson for €27. Had myself a late lunch and am now in bed at 7pm. Oh sorry, I forgot to mention the walk! It was terrible! At one point the signs actually pointed me to walk across a flyover on the verge. I wondered to myself if a black waterproof is really the best choice of colour on a dull, wet, grey day? All in all the walk was through town along a busy highway. Not scenic and not quiet and not dry! So not a great first day, but then again I have a private room with a bath and I just managed to download a film. I guess I’ll get an early night and see what fine weather I will get in the morning. Also no pilgrims as of yet, very glad I have brought my kindle out with me this trip. One plus is the abundance of yellows arrows again. Each one I see pushes me on a little further. [/QUOTE]
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