LAST 20 MILES INTO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
2 November 2022
Starting at our campsite east of Santiago we cycled contraflow back to where we finished yesterday before cycling back the last 20 miles into the city to complete our Camino. A total of 944 miles over 28 days, an average of 34 miles each cycling day.
We passed streams of walking peregrinos, their faces telling us how far they had walked. Young groups still had plenty of energy, so they must have started at Sarria 60 miles away. Single walkers with expressions of pain and exhaustion told a different story, they had probably walked from the Pyrenees, nearly 500 miles, and were now in need of a new Pair-of-knees! Couples walked hand in hand, an expression of achievement in completing the long journey together. Others were singing, laughing, or just had expressions of euphoria and relief.
Sadly we noticed some memorials in the last few miles of pilgrims who hadn’t quite made it.
