Santiago de Compostela at end of El Camino Ingles

 Santiago de Compostela at end of El Camino Ingles  

It was hard to sleep as it was my last day on El Camio Ingles and I was eager to leave the hotel. I had researched the route out of town but I didn't want to leave in the dark and miss an arrow so I had to wait until dawn.

Autumn had set in and it was a cold, damp and mist start to the morning. In retrospect, I could have set out earlier and just follow the line of pilgrims but it was misty and difficult to see an arrow in the mist and the dark. After more than an hour of walking, the sun still hadn't burnt off the mist.  

Half way along teh route, I reached the Enchanted Forest, (El Bosque Encantado) which to me looked like any other piece of woodland...

...but there was another sign to emphasise the point of its credentials, the outline of a witch flying on a broom.

A view of the enchanted forest.

Soon after that, I was into the urban sprawl of Santiago de Compostela but at least approaching the centre from teh north and through an area with which I was not familiar. And soon I was back in front of the cathedral in the centre of the city and another El Camino completed!