Day 43 – Lires to Muxia

Awoke to low clouds this morning just before 7am – checked the weather and rolled over for a few more zzzzs – forecast was for “showers” most of the day! We got underway just before 9am in a Scottish mist that gradually got worse until we reached the top of the mountain – a real head down and get through it sort of day. Once over the mountain, though, the rain gradually lifted to the point where the last few kms were dry albeit windy (and our first view of the ocean for the day). Naturally, it’s Muxia’s festival today (actually it’s a 3 day festival) and there were lots of people at the point. Although we will go back to Finisterre and take the 3km hike out to the lighthouse, this is really the end of our long, sometimes challenging but stunning and rewarding journey to “… the end of the world…”. Very mixed emotions – relief, excitement, thirst (for a beer) and a feeling of “… what are we going to do if we don’t walk every day?”
More pictures etc after we go back to Finisterre but in the meantime I might have a little lie down! 15kms today and the final count stands at 923km!