Making a plan

I’m dealing with this combination of realities:

1. My leg injury has put me two days behind schedule 
2. Given the tight hotel situation in Santiago, I have a prepaid, non-refundable room for three nights starting in 3 days (Oct 6)
3. Based on my experience today, I need to limit my walking to avoid further damage to my leg.

With those factors to work with, I’ve come up with the following plan:

Oct 4 – walk just 10k to Redondela and spend the night there. My Estonian friend, Meelis, will be passing through and we’ll have lunch together. 

Oct 5 – (Happy birthday, Dad!) catch a bus to Santiago and then walk back up the Camino 14k to Padron.  I have reservations at a hostel there that is supposed to be one of the best in Spain. 

Oct 6 – walk back into Santiago – hopefully with some members of my Camino family. 

Oct 6-9.  Enjoy the sights of Santiago and greet friends as they arrive. 

Oct 9 – take a bus to Finistere and spend the night 

Oct 10 – take a bus back to Porto.  

That leaves me with four nights to split between Porto and Lisbon before my final night in Lisbon, already booked near the airport.