Following a leisurely breakfast, we found the official certification office for the camino. Following a short queue we were issued with our personal certificates, all in Latin. We shall from hence forth be known as Catharinam and Godefridum.

A few fact and figures:

Last year 437,500 completed the Caminos. That’s across all the Caminos not just the Camino Frances that we followed, although the Frances is the most popular.

When Karen did it 10 years ago there were 215,000 pilgrims, so that explains why she observed it being busier than when she first did it!

We arrived yesterday as part of the highest daily count so far at 1748.

We then entered our planning phase. We planned out our routes up to and including Porto, Portugal. The digs had a large reception space we could use. This is serious stuff where Karen did the hard graft with me giving close support with nods and ‘OKs’ at the right point during this process.

So, overall a quiet but productive rest day in Santiago de Compostela.