The final stage feels like a cool-down. It’s not a day to fight, but there are a few climbs to remind you that your legs have already put in two days of work. You climb to around 580 metres. After that, there’s more downhill than up.
It’s a good four hours of walking, so there’s no need to rush anywhere. Take your time. It will soon be over, and you only really feel that once you’re there. Then you walk into the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana, get your credencial stamped and stand face to face with the Lignum Crucis, the piece of the cross this whole path is about.