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EOTW Day 5: Muxia to Finisterre & Cabo Finisterre

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This is my last day of walking to the end of the world. I'll then be heading back to Santiago by bus tomorrow The walk out of Muxia was on the other side of the peninsula compared to the walk in Once out of town, it was up up up for the best part of an hour. So far up we were into the clouds Again there was a mix of paved roads and farm tracks And this otherwise non-remarkable track, only worth commenting on because it was grass (most unusual here) Other sights on the way, including the occasional glimpse of the sea, not as common as you might think given that we were basically following the coast I had to wait 16km for my second breakfast - there's really only one town (Lires) with services along the entire 29km route Eventually Finisterre came into view. Finisterre feels larger than Muxia, but I gather their resid...

EOTW Day 4: A Grixa to Muxia

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The day ended here... ... but I knew it was a short day, so was in no hurry to get up and moving. I left the little farming village of A Grixa in full daylight I went through the usual eucalyptus forest... ... and saw Peter Rabbit eating vegetables from Mr McGregor's garden But the big difference today is that I didn't see any other peregrinos for the entire walk, other than briefly a couple in the distance ahead before I stopped for second breakfast The sky looked impressive, although rain never threatened, and there was no fog so the views were clear all day There were plenty of hórreos in evidence again, including one under maintenance (so presumably being repaired for use), and this monster, 27.3m long The first glimpse of the Atlantic was good to see... ...but this window sill at head-height was an invitation to disaster for inattentive peregrinos This is what remains of...