Miraz

June 10. Miraz

We started early before 0600 because we had a long way about 33k to get to Miraz. There is an albergue there sponsored by the English conforternity. George had been a member for several years and wanted to look it over. He had fantasies of tea on the porch in the afternoon. We crossed two bridges and walked through woods of maple and pine and eucalyptus. We walked on country roads passing a house or two. Places to small to be called hamlets. We stopped at Baamonde for coffee and groceries. We were warned that between Baamonde and Miraz there are no grocery stores. If we wanted to have dinner we needed to carry food. Shortly after leaving Baamonde we thought we saw something moving towards us in the pedestrian lane. We could not believe what we saw. It was like a small covered wagon being pulled not by horses but by a tractor engine. An elderly Swiss couple had driven it fom France to Santiago then to Finisterre and now back to Switzerland. He told us he had bad feet; but, he wanted to make the pilgrimage. This certainly gave us renewed faith and a little bit more energy. We stopped about 6k from Miraz for coffee and a sandwich. We then soldiered on until we reached the alberque. Along the way we met a man delivering bread so we bought a loaf We arrived about 1300 and learned that the albergue did not open until 1600. We were too tired to walk on, so we went to the only bar in town for a beer. The hostileras were kind enough to open early about 1530 so we got our bunks, showered and were first in the kitchen. George made a delicious pasta and Stu and Joan made a cabbage salad. We had bread salami and olives too. All this was carried the last 12k. We had enough to feed three additional pilgrims.
We have 4 days of walking left. Each shorter than 25K. Tomorrow our last hill.

 

Bread man.

The Camino.

Side of covered wagon.

Swiss pilgrims.

The Camino.

Table set for breakfast.

Thank you hostileras

Stu uses MotionX-GPS on the iPhone and is sharing with you the following track:

Name:		Miraz
Date:		Jun 10, 2013 5:52 am
Map: (valid until Dec 8, 2013)		View on Map
Distance:		32.5 kilometers
Elapsed Time:		7:40:11
Avg Speed:		4.2 km/h
Max Speed:		5.7 km/h
Avg Pace:		14' 09" per km
Min Altitude:		393 m
Max Altitude:		532 m
Start Time:		2013-06-10T03:52:48Z
Start Location:
	Latitude:	43º 17' 59" N
	Longitude:	7º 40' 43" W
End Location:
	Latitude:	43º 06' 50" N
	Longitude:	7º 50' 24" W

 

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