T5:E6 – Padrón >> Santiago de Compostela
Yesterday we had a yellow warning for rain. This morning, due to my incorrigible optimism, I thought it wasn't going to rain. My optimism only lasted until I got to the front door, because it was raining. And it rained and rained and rained all along the Camino.
As a result, the pilgrims were very colorful, dressed from head to toe in raincoats and ponchos mostly yellow, red, green and blue.
Generally, people were well equipped, but I also saw some less prepared people wearing umbrellas or with their shoes stuffed in plastic bags.
And I noticed two oddities: one was wearing a beach hat and another who had decided it wasn't going to rain, he was wearing a t-shirt and shorts as if he were walking under a radiant sun. But it was raining!!!
We also met up with the sea scouts from Seixal again, who were in their element, water. But I think their specialty isn't really rainwater.
I don't know if I've already told you that it was raining. It's true, it really was raining. So much so that there's not much to say about today's stage, it was an essentially urban route, covered with water dripping from the hat.
As we get closer to Santiago de Compostela and the markers show fewer and fewer kilometres to go, it seems like everything is getting easier. Even with the rain.
And after 51 days (divided into five seasons) and 980 kilometres walked, I was in front of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The feeling was strong, mixed, of satisfaction and sadness, and the reason is the same: I had just completed the Camino de Santiago!!!
Final notes:
– It was with great pride that I did this last season of the Camino with my family. Congratulations to all three generations.
– Friends were always there. Even when they weren’t there physically, they were there. And they are.
– You may ask why The Walker decided to do the Camino. By definition, the Walker is the one who walks. Now if that is the answer…
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