Phew it's hot!

[clearskiescamino]

Hi there folks.
I'm usually a 25k - 30k a day walker but this heatwave has hit me for six. I'm currently in Santa Marina (lovely albergue here by the way) and had hoped to make it to Muxia via Finisterre.
Muxia will make do for another year however.

 

[simeon]

enjoy...... And relax.....I'm here at home in Dublin and it's a miserable wet day.... Oh for a bit of Camino sunshine on my back.... Only a month or so to go.....

 

[NualaOC]

Buen Camino David - you'll be glad of a sea breeze when you reach the coast.

 

[chook]

And finally I'm in Seville - with a heat-shimmering 40c today. I've now bumped departure out to Tuesday under the guise of seeing more of this beautiful city.... hmmm.... Who am I kidding???

 

[Felipe]

Spanish newspapers are reporting the sad passing away of a British pilgrim, apparently from a heat stroke in over 40 C temperatures, while walking between Castilblanco and Almadén de la Plata.
Be cautious, guys. Be safe.
http://sevilla.abc.es/provincia/sev...golpe-calor-almaden-201609042247_noticia.html

 

[clearskiescamino]

Hi folks!
I have arrived back to rain-shook Dublin after my short Camino to Finisterre..and straight away, wanted to return!
I'll take the heat over the rain any day
So just a run down over where I stayed and how I fared. I had 5 days of walking and had hoped to walk to Fisterra and Muxia.
Day 0 - I stayed my first night in the Hospederia San Martin Pinario - smashing place - cheap and cheerful €23 for one night B&B
Day 1 - Santiago - Negreira - A tough struggle for what was one 21km..but the heat was 34c. I stopped off at Albergue Alecrin. A friendly owner, but the one room is a little cramped. Ate at the Imperial Restaurant up the road, highly recommended.
Day 2 - Negreira - Santa Marina - The people I had met on Day 1 were planning to stick with JBB and walk to Olveiroa. I needed to change tack with that heat so stopped short in Casa Pepa in Santa Marina. I loved it there, the food is great. It is family owned and is just off the Camino.
Day 3 - Santa Marina - O Logoso - Any hope of making up gains were dashed when temps increased. O Logoso is another fine albergue. Family run with 20 or so bunks in various rooms. It serves food too.
Day 4 - O Logoso - Corcubion - Another short 16km but hot day, which left me with 8km to Fisterra. Stayed in Albergue Camino de Fisterra
Day 5 - Corcubion - Fisterra - And finally, probably my shortest day of walking ever. I walked into Fisterra to watch the sun rise and had breakfast in Cabo da Villa. A great albergue and I can't recommend enough he people who own it. That night I saw an epic sunset and the following day, I travelled back to Santiago.
Sad to miss out on Muxia but I will see it again!
Now where to walk next!
David

 

[jsalt]

I needed to change tack with that heat so stopped short in Casa Pepa in Santa Marina. I loved it there, the food is great. It is family owned and is just off the Camino.

Hi @clearskies , always glad to see a report-back after an OP gets home, thanks!

Would just like to give another Thumbs Up to the private albergue Casa Pepa in Santa Marina. I think many pilgrims miss it because it’s slightly off the camino, but only by 50 metres or so. I stayed there by my myself, no other pilgrims, at the end of Nov (2013). The family are lovely, really welcoming and kind. Their little bar/restaurant is cosy (and warm in winter!), and they went out of their way to get up early and give me café con leche and tostada before I left in the morning. 5-star albergue!
Jill

 

[bunnymac]

enjoy...... And relax.....I'm here at home in Dublin and it's a miserable wet day.... Oh for a bit of Camino sunshine on my back.... Only a month or so to go.....

I'm at home in Dublin too. I did manage a measly 4kms around the Phoenix Park this morning and dodged a few raindrops.

 

[simeon]

looks like we may need to set up a post Camino support group in Dublin..... In a solarium with a treadmill

 

[clearskiescamino]

looks like we may need to set up a post Camino support group in Dublin..... In a solarium with a treadmill

that sounds like a very good idea

 

[clearskiescamino]

Hi @clearskies , always glad to see a report-back after an OP gets home, thanks!

Would just like to give another Thumbs Up to the private albergue Casa Pepa in Santa Marina. I think many pilgrims miss it because it’s slightly off the camino, but only by 50 metres or so. I stayed there by my myself, no other pilgrims, at the end of Nov (2013). The family are lovely, really welcoming and kind. Their little bar/restaurant is cosy (and warm in winter!), and they went out of their way to get up early and give me café con leche and tostada before I left in the morning. 5-star albergue!
Jill

Their bar is always buzzing with peregrinos passing by, I don't think enough know of it. 5-star indeed.