Day 11 - Fonsagrada to Castroverde
I followed Laurie's example to pile on a few further kms today in order to have a "short" day tomorrow for arriving in Lugo. Longest day for me so far - still not sure how I managed it, especially as it was already nearly 5 pm by the time I got to O Cadavo, with still 7 or 8 km to go!
Weather today decided to play nice again. Temperatures have clearly dropped down but sun and blue skies returned, and all was well in the Primitivo world once again. Great walk but crikey the worst steep hill I've had to tackle this Camino! Made my heart work so hard I could hear blood rushing to my head.
Tonight am at the Castroverde public albergue. Only 5 of us here as the majority of other peregrinos chose to stay in O Cadavo. This albergue is very modern and so spacious we could swing a hundred cats. Very much of the standard of all the public albergues found in Galicia on the Via de la Plata, ie very good.
Nothing much to report on health front (am 90% fine) except I've lost a toe nail today and my toe is looking really spongey and gooey now (sorry to any of you reading this while eating!).
Looking forward to arriving in Lugo tomorrow - at some point I did not think I'd make it this far. Must decide tomorrow whether to send a begging email to my boss asking for a bit more time off to enable me to finish my Primitivo, or decide from where or when to catch a bus back to Santiago. Technically I should be flying back on Friday morning to be back at work on Saturday