ā¹ļøStats - Day 29
Date: Tuesday 30th May
Weather: perfect weather in the am - dry and semi cool. Then hot and sunny! āļø
From: Villafranca del Bierzo
Start time: 7.50am - wearing shorts! I hope it warms up!
To: O Cebreiro
End time: 3pm - all checked in and sorted by 3.30pm.
Terrain: first 6 miles mountain route. Soft, grassy, muddy. Nice walking. The next 9 miles - road walking & pavement. Very hard on feet. The final 5 miles back in the mountains- gravel tracks and a little muddy.
Accommodation: Albergue Municipal de O Cebreiro. Bottom bunk.
Food: breakfast -4x scrambled eggs (made with a mug and a microwave), avocado, walnuts & raspberries. Pear š. Blueberries š«. Stopped - Coke and jelly snakes. Dinner 2x eggs scrambled, crisps. 2x packs of jelly sweets & a Fanta. Packet of peanuts.
š„¾Miles: 20 miles
š¦¶Steps: 43,737
Total miles completed: 432/500
š°Costs: ā¬7 (coke, crisps, peanuts, jelly snakes). Bed šļø ā¬8, ā¬5 sweets and Fanta. = ā¬20
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 7/10
Fatigue: 3/10
Ease of terrain: 8/10
Challenges: the final 5 miles was all uphill and hard going. I was so pleased to have reached the albergue at the top. I was done in and ready for bed! My hips & glutes were also feeling a little sore - probably from the running over the past 2 days.
Highlights: the morning mountain route was stunning- so glad I took that instead of the road walking. Amazing views at the end of the day.
ā¹ļøStats - Day 30
Date: Wednesday 31st May
Weather: hot and sunny during the day āļø. After 4pm thunderstorms āļø
From: O Cebreiro
Start time: 7.30am
To: Sarria
End time: 2.45pm - heading out at 3.15pm to get resupply from the supermarket. Chilling is bed after eating by 4.30pm
Accommodation: albergue oasis - booked in advance ā
Food: morning - 10 walnuts, pear š, 3x dried apricot.
Late lunch at 4.20pm beef burger with onion & broccoli š„¦. Dessert - 2packs of jelly sweets.
Evening snack - Gluten free crackers with vegan spread and chicken pieces, 4x gluten free cookies.
Iāve eaten too much food!! š«¤š«¤š«¤
š„¾Miles: 24 miles (1 extra mile going to the supermarket) = 25.6 by the time I went to bed.
š¦¶Steps: 51,548
Total miles completed: 456/500 - this is slight wrong as Iāve got 72 miles to do to reach Santiago.
š°Costs: ā¬15 bed, food resupply ā¬38 (I think this is my most expensive yet! Donāt shop when you are hungry!!!) - (beef burger, broccoli, melon, avocado, onion, 2x tomato, blueberries š«, 3x jelly sweets, gluten free biscuits and crackers, hummus, vegan spread, peanuts, crisps, bacon, eggs, dates, pack of chicken. = ā¬53
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 8/10
Fatigue: 4/10 - during the day 8/10 after I stopped.
Ease of terrain: 7/10
Challenges: having to walk 11 mins (0.5 miles) to the open supermarket and back again to get food. I was so tired and I hadnāt eaten since the am - felt quite low and thought I was going to pass out. Made it back to the albergue and cooked up a storm. Ended up eating too much and getting a stomach ache!
Highlights: 24 miles done ā - did a few miles of running at the end. Another great day. The last 3 days and today have been my favourite part of the Camino so far. Love being in the mountains and going through the more remote sections.
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