Just arrived in my stop for the evening, a small river town called Portomarin. Like yesterday, the last few miles were barren tarmac. Even having put on sunscreen I can feel the heat radiating off of my skin in a way that means wearing clothing will be painful tomorrow. In kind of a crap mood today. Walking was painful drudgery and I felt like smashing my walking stick over every half kilometer stone waymarker telling me that a cold shower and clean bed were 4 sunstruck, knee-buckling downhill hours away. On a positive note I broke the 100km to go mark this afternoon. I believe I have something like 90 to go , which should bring me into Santiago on the 18th I believe. I have some great shots from the past few days but the last 3 spanish computers I’ve encountered weren’t up to the task of uploading them. Time to see if a shower will improve my dispostion.

P.S.
A shower and brief nap did help a lot. I also just had a decent meal and managed to find an english book which have both made my afternoon more pleasant. At least now I feel rested. Dunno if I’m ready to face another dozen miles tomorrow though. Maybe after some sleep.