{"id":18559,"date":"2019-05-23T08:17:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoffjones.com\/?p=18559"},"modified":"2019-05-23T08:17:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:17:23","slug":"final-day-on-the-camino-invierno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=18559","title":{"rendered":"Final day on the Camino Invierno"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Geoff<\/a>
The End<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since Colin was so close to his home and has obviously visited Santiago many times, I decided to walk the final stretch from Bandeira to Santiago de Compostella on my own.<\/p>\n

I took up their kind offer of dropping me off 10km closer at Pont Ulla since the full distance is 32km, a bit much for an oldie with a full rucksack, especially with no breakfast.<\/p>\n

At Pont Ulla I was immediately confronted with a 250metre climb up the next 3km \ud83d\ude41 The route I downloaded seems to be for a cyclist since I lost all arrows and markers once in the wood. However, on the descent, they started reappearing where I met an American lady who has lived in Hannover for 40 years she recommended the “Wise Pilgrim” app and it did seem pretty good.<\/p>\n

\"Spanish<\/a>
More Pilgrim routes than motorways<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I met many more pilgrims in the next few miles who were completing The Sanabres route all were amazed that you could walk for 7 days and only meet 1 pilgrim \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

After stopping for a drink at The Bar Rosende (still no food though) I didn’t see another pilgrim until Santiago and yes I was following a legit route with markers!<\/p>\n

An excellent walk on traffic free lanes although I was getting pretty exhausted by the time I arrived at The NestStyle Hotel for my final night before returning home.<\/p>\n

The Strava shows 21.6 km walked and an impressive 713m (2,339 feet) climbed
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