Walking Day 17

10-13-2019.    From Miraz to Sobrado dos Monxes.    

The wind started in the middle of the night then the rain came in waves of torrential downpours.  We had 6 sets of bunk beds in our room with 6 guys and me.   About 6:00 three guys got up , trying to be quiet, dressing and arranging their gear and left before 7:00 in all that rain with flashlights.   Crazy !   As it was we were up and ready to go by 7:30 as we were told the cafe would be open for coffee and toast by then but they weren’t there till 8:00.  Even at 8:15 it was still so dark Al had to use his flashlight to start walking but by then the rain had eased to a moderate level.

Sprinkled on and off most of the day.




We reached the highest point of the Northern route today.  Timber country.  Above the slate field on tops of the hills there were areas of solid granite then coming down though mostly pine forests.   We did go by a stone quarry but it was raining too hard to take a picture.


Then finally into town where the big Monasterio de Santa Maria de Sobrado was founded in 952.  I’m sorry we didn’t get to see inside.


The place we were going to stay was closed for remodeling but when we called there number a woman said she might have one more room for us.  It was next door in the building where she lived.  She had rented a little apartment to Two Spanish  pilgrims but she said she knew they wouldn’t mind sharing it with us.     So we got one bedroom and they got the other.  Couldn’t wait to take a hot shower , go next door for an early dinner and crawl in bed.