I had it mixed up. They made it to triacastela and went by ambulance to Lugo. Still nothing to be ashamed of. They made it a heck of a lot further than me.
I thought it was odd they would go from a larger city to a smaller one. Lugo is a fairly big city. Tricastela is a small, beautiful, city.
They have no reason to be ashamed! Lots of people do "the way" in multiple stages. Some do it all at once. Many never make the full 500 miles, but even making 1 leg of the journey is farther than 99.9% of the world's population will every try. I walked with a guy who started in HOLLAND, so his hike was 2 or 3 times longer than my 600 mile journey. Most, probably 85%, never see Tricastela, they fly & bus into Sarria (sp??), which is 1/3rd of the way closer to Santiago and they start at that point. So your paster has literally zero to be ashamed of a lot to be proud of, but mostly it is not about pride in doing it, it is about the spiritual journey along the path.