Well, I got lost today. I suppose it was inevitable. The “alternate route” deposited me in Mazarife, almost 10 km away from my destination of Villadonga, after a full day of walking.

The map showed the more scenic alternate path meeting up with the main path well before Villadonga. But it did not. It is an alternate stage, not an alternate route.

I stopped for a sandwich about 5 km or 1 hour before my destination. But when I checked again, I was 2 hours away. An hour later, I was still 2 hours away.

Then I ran out of water.

Lesson 1: Don’t take the alternate path.

I stopped in an albergue along the highway and the hospitalero kindly called me a taxi. Half an hour later, I was at my hotel.

Lesson 2: Obstacle and adaptation.

There is nothing to do or see here. Dinner is offered at a restaurant 10 minutes away, in 3 hours. Breakfast is in another restaurant 5 minutes away. Tomorrow is the longest stage yet, 28 km, so I’d better get an early start.