We set off shortly after 9 am with a view to arriving at the Cathedral by 12 on Sunday morning, as on the previous days it was cool but bright and sunny initially. Monte Gozo seemed to be further away than on my previous visit but never the less we were still on schedule and had just enough time for a brief drink and photostop. By now the path was very busy with many walkers aiming to arrive in the square for midday. You are not permitted to bring rucksacks and walking poles into the Cathedral and this proved a bit of a problem as we did not have sufficient time to deposit our bags so not all of us made it into the cathedral for the pilgrims service and decided we would return to the cathedral later after checking in to our hotel, getting dried off and getting some food. We returned later to collect our certificates and had to queue for ages in pouring rain and hailstones!
getting near MonteGozo
Almost there
Monte Gozo
my children, partners and my friend as we were about to complete the very last stage to Santiago
The walking pole
entering the city
the flying botafumeiro
all of us outside the cathedral in the Praza Obradeiro
sheltering from the pouring rain!
but eventually the sun came out once again
and we had a lovely evening overlooking the Alameda park
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