Today was 17 miles walked, bringing the total to 383 miles. The most significant feature about today was not the distance but the climb. We have entered the mountains of Galicia and had about 2400 feet of climbing.

Because of the difficulties with Diane foot, we started to walk early. We were outside of the city of Ribadeo looking backwards towards the water and towards the province of astorga and saw this:  It made for a magical morning.

Almost immediately, we started climbing. And it’s surprising how little the climbing bothers us when the views are as follows. 

The mix of forested hills and rolling pasture land set the theme for the day.

We learned a few valuable things about managing Diane’s foot. We have modified how we tie Diane’s shoe and have put padding in various places to accommodate her problem. We have also learned that uphill is not a problem for the foot, only downhill. Therefore we only let Diane walk uphill. Seriously, we just walked very slowly downhill and regular pace uphill.

Tomorrow will be much the same, what significant climbing and about 15 or 16 miles. We are doing our chores now in preparation of tomorrow. We hope all is well with you tube you back home.